I have a built a kernel for it, but I need to adapt the device tree overlays for the pmu and screen then it “should” work.
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Update, the mega link image worked today!, Idk what was wrong, same sdcard, same image; maybe the adapter board was not properly inserted? idk.
But i’m still interested to learn to build it 
I know the wifi will never work cause there is physically no wifi on the card. is the Audio a similar issue? like not on the raxada cm5 or not on the 2 rails used to connect it? or is it something that should be solved eventually software wise?
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Yes, I have the same problem, this problem may be dev_null or rax clear cause or solution.
Ok, got the radxa installed and booting, can connect with usb tether on phone, but I can not get the 4g to work? What is needed for this?
And as far as wifi I need to find drivers to compile?
It looks like this may be a somewhat compatible image? (and he keeps his images pretty updated) Any chance someone with the io board can see if this will work and upload a
Whether 4G works or not, it should depend on the network of your phone itself, the wifi network card I bought is that you need to compile drivers, and there are a lot of these drivers github. But it seems that some network cards can be driven without me, I haven’t tried, you can take a look at this:USB-WiFi/home/USB_WiFi_Adapters_that_are_supported_with_Linux_in-kernel_drivers.md at main · morrownr/USB-WiFi · GitHub
I can not enable the 4g card at the hardware level? in the cm4 image there is script to send the on command via gpio ( that way didnt work on this image, I pretended it was a cm4 and installed the rpi tools and ran that script and it failed to start it still) and the 4g card ( addon) does not get recognized even.
The 4g already tested as working on another cm4 uconsole image in a stock config.
You’re talking about the 4G expansion module, right? Sorry, I haven’t tried this yet, I’ve tried other expansion modules, it’s available, theoretically the official 4G expansion module, and it can be run after installing the corresponding management package
For that script to work you’ll need to update it for the GPIO of the Radxa CM5. I don’t remember if pinctrl is even in this distro or if it uses gpiod for gpio control. That script won’t work out of the box though it will need editing.
I got the rpi pinctrl installed from the github source by making and installing it, the script ran seemingly successfully, but gave an null response for each gpio (not an error, just like it didn’t change, cant recall, back on cm4 so cant check easily this second, but will absolutely swap back tonight or tomorrow to get this further along for everyone.)
But that said I don’t know what to change. I ‘assume’ its just the 3 gpio codes, but I haven’t the slightest what they need to be. And I am unsure what to look for on the radxa cm5 site for pinouts either.
Also since you are here, what could I do to convince you to do a bit more dev for this board to make some pnp images for everyone. it runs great so far ( but missing SO much ummm polish that your images have ) Could I buy and send you a io board or something needed? not asking for instant work, but just a "its gonna be done soonsih? Or I am happy to help with what I got, but I am l not the best. ( and I dont have any other io boards my self so I cant do any base work yet. only testing )
Just asking cause these boards have so much potential for a lot of stuff if we can get them wide enough spread they get more main stream kernel support! For example, I can load a LLM in to the NPU ( I have dont it, runs decently with a 7-8b at 8bit quant iirc ) that leaves everything but memory used for the llm ( 9 gb iirc, nothing for a 32 gb model ) and you can also run some visual id stuff. and leave the cpu and gpu untouched. This is a crazy hacker board imho. can connect a camera to it and use the NPU and id everything it sees in real time ( faster then the google coral iirc, but just BAD support.
Anyways, I can go on forever. these rk3588 boards are amazing and have so much potential, so just hoping you might be convinced to assist (if I am pestering, or its already on your todo list just tell me to shut-up lol )
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Yes that is what I meant, will look more in to it.
The Wifi usb sticks I was testing should of been included from my understanding. its a rtl88x2bu unless I am brain farting. so its just odd that it is missing, I think this image may have had limited kernel drivers for some reason? it works fine in various other rpi stock images I have tested it in without any needed driver or kernel modules? ( not an expert so I may sound stupid, sorry if that is the case, just really want a cool toy to play with haha.)
Also same offer to you, I am far from rich but people like you and rex make this stuff happen, can buy you a io board or maybe send ya a tip of some sort for the work ya already put in? not talking a lot, I am not rich lol. but want to give back for the people that are making it rain!
Do you have that by me a coffee thing also? would love to send ya a small bit!
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I plan to get back to the Radxa CM5 after i figure out the problems with this panel driver for the RPi CM5. I have a IO board and a Radxa CM5, I’ll get to it soon.
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I dont get my rpi cm5 till April, (and so I doubt I can help at all) but if there is anything I can do let me know. (waiting on a 16gb preorder from mouser)
I’ve written a brief guide that I hope will be a little helpful for newbies：【Uconsole RadxaCM5 img roduction guidance】 Uconsole RadxaCM5 img roduction guidance - 哔哩哔哩
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That link just opens a blank page for me.Sorry if I am missing something obvious. would love to see it!
Sorry, yesterday was in a hurry, put the wrong link, now updated
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That is great! so excuse my slowness, if I understand it, I follow that guide on a rpi and I should be able to build a image that can boot on the raxda cm5 in the unconsole? So if I wanted to try a diffrent image like the one I linked above, I would replace the raxda bookworm cli image with the one I want to try, then do the rest of the steps to add the kernel stuff and make a new output image?
Also I can use the uconsole with a cm4 and a secondary memory card reader to make this new image?
Sorry, just wanted to better understand, this also removes the need to use a separate IO board right at any stage?
thanks again for your efforts!
Yes, of course, you can use a CM4 unconsole and card reader to create a raxda cm5 lite image. You only need to replace the image in the operation guide with the lite image: https://github.com/radxa-build/radxa-cm5-rpi-cm4-io/releases/download/rsdk-b3/radxa-cm5-rpi-cm4-io_bookworm_cli_b3.output.img.xz.
Would anyone have any pointers on how to get serial connection when the CM5 is in the uConsole? My understanding is that I need to breakout the expansion port to gain access to one of the serial ports, but I’m not convinced of that. I want to work more on improving this image, and maybe get postmartketOS ported as well.