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Preparing the repo to go public (ADR-0007): - CI: kernel-build moves from the self-hosted runner to ubuntu-latest (installs its own cross toolchain + qemu, caches the pristine tarball). On a public repo a registered self-hosted runner is reachable from approved fork-PR workflows — i.e. arbitrary code on private infrastructure — and the build never actually needed the SDK host. ADR-0004 marked superseded-in-part; docs/ci-cd.md rewritten (site specifics now live only in the private deployment log). - Licensing: LICENSE gains the GPL-2.0 carve-out for patches/ and the kernel source excerpts (Linux derivatives; per-driver provenance was already tracked in PROVENANCE.md); patches/README.md states it too. - Scrubbed from the tip: bench-unit dev credentials and its gadget IP (m2-boot notes), the site AP SSID+BSSID and a neighboring AP's BSSID and the device WLAN MAC (wifi bring-up evidence — BSSIDs are geolocatable), the runner mesh IP. NOTE: these remain in git history; decision on a pre-publication history rewrite is separate. - Emoji cleanup across 21 tracked files (kernel port docs, review report, enforce-mcdc.sh) per repo text conventions: status marks became [x]/[wip]/[ ]/OK plain text. - "[maintainer]-gated" process phrasing normalized to "maintainer-gated" (attributions in dated evidence docs kept). Verified: zero emojis tracked; scrub grep clean; patches carry no internal references; ci.yml parses; shellcheck unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018HUayid7W5w7jBdb9Rrj1K
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# Overnight kernel-enablement run — results (2026-08-24 night → 08-25)
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Goal ([maintainer]): port/enable **every** remaining RV1106 hardware capability on the
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self-built Linux 6.18.46, open-source-first, verify on hardware, so the display's
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last mile can start in the morning. Runs on warden-c8a3 (`_b` slot = our 6.18).
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## Verified on hardware this run
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| Driver | Evidence |
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| **AIC8800 wifi** (M5) | wlan0 up, `iw scan` found the site AP at −43 dBm + others. Modules (built-in deadlocks the two-stage SDIO bring-up). |
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| **TRNG** | `/dev/hwrng`, `rng_current=rockchip-rng`, real entropy. |
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| **OTP/nvmem** | `rockchip-otp0` reads chip id ("MR1"). |
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| **GMAC** (wired eth) | `eth0: Link is Up - 100 Mbps/Full`. |
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| **SARADC** | `iio:device0` reads 2 channels (adc-keys). |
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| **Audio** | card `rv1106-acodec`, `/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p`+`pcmC0D0c`. Audible test → bench. |
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(These join the earlier-verified set: clk, pinctrl, GIC, timer, DMA, eMMC, uart×3,
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i2c, wdt, RTC, tsadc, RGA, USB host, PWM backlight. VOP display binds — connector
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is the morning task.)
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## Cross-cutting fixes made this run
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- **XZ compression** (`CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ`): the growing kernel overran U-Boot's
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DTB-at-0xc00000 load boundary (`Sysmem Error`, FLARE-AB fell to _a). zImage
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12.1→8.3 MB, ~4 MB headroom. See `kernel-618-btest-cycle` memory + wifi doc.
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- **Module vs built-in**: wifi must be modules (SDIO two-stage bring-up races the
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mmc probe when built-in — sequential initcall deadlock). Audio/GMAC/etc. are
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built-in and fine.
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- Hardened the c8a3 `_b`-test → `_a`-recover cycle (compact-hex AVB serial write +
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readback while stable; Pi golden-env fallback for bootcount→loader).
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## Not done — deferred with reasons (see CAPABILITIES-AUDIT.md)
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mailbox (binds via rk3368 fallback but no client to exercise), crypto-v3 (CPU
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crypto extensions already cover it; 100 KB port), NPU (no open userspace),
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pvtm (DVFS-only). Camera/ISP/SPI: no hardware. **No unexplored capability gap.**
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## Morning (needs [maintainer] at the bench)
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1. **Display connector** — VOP binds + DRM card0 + panel probes, but no connector
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link yet; needs eyes on the panel (pixels can't be verified over serial).
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2. **Audible audio** — `speaker-test`/`aplay` through the acodec.
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3. Wifi **boot-time auto-load** (modules currently insmod'd by hand) — a loader
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that inserts aic8800_bsp→fdrv(→btlpm) from the rootfs.
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Provenance: every ported driver is GPL-2.0 kernel source (`PROVENANCE.md`).
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