> > >I use the Orion O6 board daily, and I recently managed to successfully boot >Debian on it. > >Also, without CONFIG_ARCH_CIX enabled, the board probably wouldn't >boot at all, as the DTB is only included when this configuration is selected. > >Reference: > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/cix/Makefile > arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > >I have a question regarding your setup. When you built the kernel for >testing, did you use the official Debian kernel build method, or did you use >the upstream Linux kernel with a custom config and package it using >deb-pkg? > >Regarding the GPIO support, I suspect it hasn't been fully merged into >upstream yet. I am also curious about this, so I would like to CC the folks at >CIX who have done great work to ask them directly: >
GPIO support has just accepted, and should be at tomorrow's linux-next, and will be at v7.1-rc1 if without exception. Peter [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] > >https://gitlab.com/cix-linux/cix_opensource/linux/-/commit/4231f6293fca28 >fd29b9cae8d1efed9947d6c0e1 > >Could you share the kernel .config file you used for testing so I can take a >look? > >On 3/24/26 8:20 PM, Christian Kastner wrote: >> Source: linux >> Version: 6.19.8-1 >> Severity: wishlist >> >> Hi, >> >> Please consider enabling CONFIG_ARCH_CIX on arm64. I admittedly am >not >> entirely sure what it enables -- I was hoping that doing this gets >> GPIO to work, but a recent rebuild did not show this to be the case. >> >> I have an Orion O6 device, which is IMO the best arm64 consumer board >> I've seen so far, and it uses the CIX P1. Perhaps this enables some >> other feature I haven't had use for yet. >> >> Regarding GPIO, my hope is that with this recent documentation release >> [1], support will land soon. >> >> Best, >> Christian >> >> >> [1]: >> >https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/13/cix-releases-p1-cpu-trm-and-de >> veloper-guides-for-gpu-ai-accelerator-os-and-firmware-bios/ >> > >Best regards, >Yunseong 本邮件及其附件包含CIX公司的保密信息，受法律保护，仅供本邮件指定的收件人查阅。严禁任何未经授权的使用、传播、分发或复制本邮件及其任何内容。此限制适用于指定收件人以外的所有人员，包括未经明确授权处理此类信息的CIX公司员工或代理人。若您误收本邮件，请立即通知发件人，并永久删除邮件及所有附件。互联网传输无法保证及时性、安全性、完整性和无病毒性，CIX公司对任何传输错误或遗漏概不承担责任。
