ArchR v2.0-rc3 — first official release-candidate

Kernel 6.12 LTS · Mesa 26.0.5 Panfrost · CMA 96 MB · zlib-ng 2.2.4
CPU turbo 1.5 GHz (vdd_arm 1.45 V) · GPU 650 MHz @ 1.150 V · mali_kbase PM patch
43 motherboard revisions covered · two image variants with hardware auto-detect
PortMaster pre-installed · MESA_GLTHREAD whitelist · RetroAchievements
Tailscale / WireGuard / ZeroTier · Syncthing + rclone · Samba

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ projects/ArchR/devices/SM8550/
 projects/ArchR/devices/SM8650/
 
 # Non-R36S device documentation
-bench-results/*
 documentation/PER_DEVICE_DOCUMENTATION/H700/
 documentation/PER_DEVICE_DOCUMENTATION/RK3399/
 documentation/PER_DEVICE_DOCUMENTATION/RK3566/
@@ -173,7 +172,4 @@ packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/
 
 #other
 docs/*
-!docs/improvements.md
-!docs/release-policy.md
-!docs/fhs-mapping.md
-bench-results/config/mipi-generator/__pycache__/
+bench-results/

Makefile

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 -include $(HOME)/.archr/options
 
-# Normalise OFFICIAL once, before any recipe runs. `override` makes
-# this assignment win against MAKEFLAGS cmdline propagation, so
-# recursive make invocations (build_distro -> make image) see the
-# canonical "yes" value instead of the raw "y" / "Y" / "1" the user
-# passed on the outer command line. `export` then forwards it to
-# every shell, including scripts/image which tests `= "yes"` exact.
-override OFFICIAL := $(if $(filter y yes Y YES 1,$(OFFICIAL)),yes,)
 export OFFICIAL
 
 all: world
@@ -113,17 +106,6 @@ docker-image-pull:
 	$(DOCKER_CMD) pull $(DOCKER_IMAGE)
 
 # Wire up docker to call equivalent make files using % to match and $* to pass the value matched by %
-# After a successful RK3326 build, refresh the overlay-generator website's
-# bundled base DTBs (/archr-bases) so they never drift from the shipped image.
-# Runs host-side on purpose: the website repo is not mounted into the build
-# container. The sync script is itself non-fatal, and the guard keeps it off
-# non-build docker targets (docker-shell, docker-update, ...).
-# Before any docker build, fail fast if the three shipped input-config
-# artifacts drifted from the per-pad definitions (see projects/ArchR/inputs).
-# Verification only: the build never rewrites the artifacts by itself.
 docker-%:
-	@./projects/ArchR/inputs/gen-input-configs verify >/dev/null || \
-	  { ./projects/ArchR/inputs/gen-input-configs verify; exit 1; }
 	./scripts/get_env > .env
 	BUILD_DIR="$(DOCKER_WORK_DIR)" $(DOCKER_CMD) run $(PODMAN_ARGS) $(INTERACTIVE) --init --env-file .env --rm --user $(UID):$(GID) $(GLOBAL_SETTINGS) $(LOCAL_SSH_KEYS_FILE) $(EMULATIONSTATION_SRC) -v "$(PWD)":"$(DOCKER_WORK_DIR)" -v /tmp:/tmp -w "$(DOCKER_WORK_DIR)" $(DOCKER_EXTRA_OPTS) $(DOCKER_IMAGE) $(COMMAND)
-	@if [ "$*" = "RK3326" ]; then ./scripts/repo/sync-site-bases; fi

README.md

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ Arch R is a custom Linux distribution for the **R36S** handheld gaming console a
 - EmulationStation frontend with RetroArch and 18+ cores pre-installed.
 - Full audio support with speaker/headphone auto-switch.
 - Battery monitoring with capacity reporting and LED warning.
-- MIPI panel overlays for every known motherboard revision, generated on demand by the online overlay generator at https://arch-r.io/overlay-generator/ (or during flashing by the Arch R Flasher).
+- 43 pre-generated MIPI panel overlays (15 original + 18 clone + 10 soysauce variants), one per motherboard revision.
 - Separate images for original and clone boards, both with hardware auto-detection.
 - Integrated cross-device local and remote network play.
 - Fine-grained control for battery life and performance.
-- Bluetooth audio and controller support (via USB Bluetooth adapter; the boards have no internal radio).
-- USB audio devices (DACs, headsets, controllers with audio).
+- Bluetooth audio and controller support.
+- HDMI audio/video output, USB audio.
 - Device sync with Syncthing and rclone.
 - VPN support with WireGuard, Tailscale, and ZeroTier.
 - Built-in scraping and RetroAchievements.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Arch R is a custom Linux distribution for the **R36S** handheld gaming console a
 
 ### Display Panels
 
-Panel overlays are not baked into the images. Generate the overlay for your exact motherboard revision at the online generator, https://arch-r.io/overlay-generator/ (pick your board, or upload the stock `dtb` from the SD card that shipped with the device), then copy the resulting file to `overlays/mipi-panel.dtbo` on the boot partition. The Arch R Flasher can also generate and install the overlay during flashing. The `/flash/overlays/` folder on a fresh install contains a `README.txt` with the same instructions.
+Arch R ships 43 pre-generated MIPI panel overlays covering all known R36S display variants, named after the exact motherboard revision (e.g. `R36S-V21_2024-12-18_2551.dtbo`, `G80CA-MB_V1.3-20251212_Panel_8.dtbo`). Panel selection is done by copying the correct `.dtbo` file to `overlays/mipi-panel.dtbo` on the boot partition. Sources live under `config/archr-dts/{original,clone,soysauce}/<MB-revision>/`; the build extracts the panel description from each revision's `rk3326-r36s-linux.dtb` via `config/mipi-generator/generator.sh`.
 
 ## Quick Start