Bump armbian/build from 26.2.1 to 26.5.1

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Bumps armbian/build from 26.2.1 to 26.5.1.

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Armbian Quarterly digest

This quarter's work centers on three priorities: kernel modernization across SoC families, a redesigned desktop subsystem driven by armbian-config, and substantial expansion of board and platform coverage.

Kernel and U-Boot modernization progressed across every major family. Mainline Linux 7.0 landed for sunxi, meson64, rockchip64, rpi4b, and uefi edge targets, with a new bleedingedge branch tracking 7.1-rc on rockchip64 and meson64. Patch sets were systematically rewritten against 6.18.18–6.18.21 across rockchip64, meson64, sunxi, and uefi-x86. U-Boot moved to v2026.04 on a broad range of Rockchip boards (NanoPC-T6, NanoPi M5/R76S, Rock 5 ITX, Rock 5B Plus, Helios4/64, odroidhc4/n2, xt-q8l-v10), with BTRFS zstd fixes and LWIP additions. SpacemiT received 7.0 mainline support and a 7.1 edge bump, while sm8550 stabilized on 6.18.y.

The desktop subsystem was rebuilt around a YAML-driven, tier-based architecture in armbian-config, replacing the legacy config/desktop/ tree. The migration introduced KDE Plasma, KDE Neon, MATE, and i3-wm support, extended XFCE/MATE/i3/Xmonad/Enlightenment/Cinnamon to armhf and riscv64, and added mode=build for chroot-time installs. Supporting changes include Vulkan and panthor GPU runtime at the mid tier, libcamera/v4l and alsa-ucm-conf at minimal, branded Chromium/Firefox first-run experiences, and an APT pinning mechanism routing browsers and VS Code through apt.armbian.com. New configng modules cover code-server, Dozzle, Wallos, ZFS pool management, device tree editing, and memory management.

Board and platform coverage expanded significantly. New mainline support arrived for Arduino UNO Q (QRB2210), Mekotronics R58S2, NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus, Ariaboard Photonicat 2, EByte ECB41-PGE, NORCO EMB-3531, Cainiao CNIoT-CORE, SpacemiT MUSE Book, EasePi A2/R2, TQ-Systems TQMa8MPxS/TQMa93xxLA, Seeed reComputer devkits, and multiple Qidi X-series boards. Infrastructure improvements include a REST v1 migration for the Imager with QDL flash support for Qualcomm EDL devices, automated Hetzner runner fallback scaling, multi-arch unit tests under qemu-user, ShellCheck inline PR feedback, and a board-config validation gate. Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute) was integrated across the build matrix, package coverage, and nightly targets.

#Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #Kernel #UBoot #SBC

Changes

• (#9400 P1a) Replace POSIX [ ] with bash [[ ]] across build framework. by @​iav in armbian/build#9462
• (#9400 P1b) Replace unsafe eval with declare -g and nameref. by @​iav in armbian/build#9461
• action: emit assets manifest JSON alongside release uploads. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9772
• action: fix typos, update defaults, and harden GPG signing. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9613
• action: leave torrent URLs empty in per-image asset manifests. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9792
• Actions: Cleanup "Release" workflow. by @​vidplace7 in armbian/MorseMicro-DKMS#4
• Actions: Create release workflow. by @​vidplace7 in armbian/MorseMicro-DKMS#3
• Add Arduino UNO Q. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#268
• Add Ariaboard Photonicat 2 support for rockchip64-6.18. by @​HackingGate in armbian/build#9535
• Add automatic fallback to smaller Hetzner server types with runner count scaling. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/actions#15
• Add AX210 firmware for mainline kernel. by @​ginkage in armbian/firmware#126
• Add Beaglebadge. by @​Grippy98 in armbian/armbian.github.io#284
• Add board and board vendror image for Ariaboard Photonicat2. by @​HackingGate in armbian/armbian.github.io#255
• Add board_introduced field to reusable boards and JSON output. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#272
• Add cainiao-cniot-core board and cainiao vendor image. by @​retro98boy in armbian/armbian.github.io#251
• Add container_type field to Uptime Kuma config. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#776
• Add desktop descriptions and disable host check. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#802
• Add Desktops menu header documentation. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#803
• Add developer guide for the desktop submodule. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/documentation#912
• Add EByte Vendor // ECB41-PGE board. by @​vidplace7 in armbian/armbian.github.io#250
• Add expect-dev to package dependencies. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#904
• Add few images. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#858
• Add firmware for Arduino UNO Q (QRB2210/QCM2290). by @​SuperKali in armbian/firmware#123
• Add Gateway DK board image and Mono vendor logo. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#273
• Add HDMI CEC support to Rockchip RK3588/RK3576 SoCs. by @​chaitan3 in armbian/build#9622
• Add i3-wm desktop support with branding. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#811
• Add image and reusable slug for Qidi X-4. by @​Shadowrom2020 in armbian/armbian.github.io#262
• Add image for Qidi X-7 Mainboard. by @​Shadowrom2020 in armbian/armbian.github.io#257
• Add images and logo for EasePi-A2 and EasePi-R2. by @​ifroncy01 in armbian/armbian.github.io#317
• Add INTRODUCED property to all board configs. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/build#9634
• Add KDE Neon desktop support (Ubuntu only). by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#814
• Add KDE Plasma desktop support. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#812
• Add Laptop SpacemiT MUSE Book. by @​pyavitz in armbian/build#9591
• Add line breaks to improve .md rendering. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/configng#784
• Add manual execution and daily cron schedule for MOTD generation. by @​igorpecovnik in armbian/armbian.github.io#249

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Commits

• 8de11a0 let rewrite do its magic
• da36919 sunxi-7.0: fix broken patch
• aa0de23 Family Meson S4T7: Opt-out of BTF KERNEL_BTF=no
• 976c340 Improve proxy handling for builds
• 0ce3fd5 nanopi-r76s: fix SD boot and storage stability on eMMC-less units (#9908)
• fe38268 nanopi-m5: drop GMAC rx_delay to fix gigabit RX (#9901)
• 825209e meson64-6.18: rewrite kernel patches against 6.18.33
• 535d8b8 meson64-7.0: rewrite kernel patches against 7.0.10
• 8e5a43c rockchip64-7.0: rewrite kernel patches against 7.0.10
• 79c9449 rockchip64-6.18: rewrite kernel patches against 6.18.33
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