Orange Pi 5 Ultra — Kernel (Prebuilt)

Prebuilt mainline Linux kernel and boot files for the Orange Pi 5 Ultra (RK3588).

Contents

File	Description
Image	ARM64 Linux kernel (mainline 6.15.0-rc7 + Rockchip DRM patches)
rk3588-orangepi-5-ultra.dtb	Device tree blob for Orange Pi 5 Ultra
u-boot-rockchip.bin	U-Boot bootloader (Rockchip TPL/SPL + U-Boot)
boot.cmd	U-Boot boot script source
boot.scr	U-Boot boot script (compiled from boot.cmd)
config.txt	Boot configuration (DTB selection, boot device, recovery toggle)
android-sdcard.dtbo	Device tree overlay for SD card
uRamdisk	Android boot ramdisk (U-Boot format)
uRecovery	Android recovery ramdisk (U-Boot format)

Boot Configuration

Boot Device (config.txt)

Device	boot_device	boot_devnum
SD card	mmc	0
eMMC	mmc	1
NVMe	nvme	0
USB	usb	0

Recovery

Set recovery=true in config.txt to boot into recovery mode.

Recompiling boot.scr

If you modify boot.cmd, recompile with:

mkimage -A arm64 -O linux -T script -C none -n "Orange Pi 5 Ultra Boot" -d boot.cmd boot.scr

Kernel Configuration

Key enabled options:

• CONFIG_DRM_PANFROST — Mali-G610 GPU (Panfrost)
• CONFIG_DRM_DW_HDMI — HDMI output
• CONFIG_SND_SOC_ES8388 — ES8388 audio codec
• CONFIG_R8169 — RTL8125BG 2.5GbE Ethernet
• CONFIG_BRCMFMAC — WiFi (Ampak AP6611S)
• CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_BCM — Bluetooth 5.3
• CONFIG_USB_DWC3 — USB 3.0
• CONFIG_NVME_CORE — NVMe storage

Source

Based on mainline Linux 6.15-rc7 with Rockchip DRM patches from the dvab-sarma AOSP project.

Branch

lineage-23.2 — for use with LineageOS 23.2 (Android 16).