The Orion O6 is an ITX-formatted ARM64 board with great specifications:
PCIe ports:
We nicknamed it "Prion" thanks to Panda's typing skills.
You can find download links for the aarch64 iso on our Github page!
We have two versions available: one is based on Radxa's 6.6 kernel, and the other is based on mainline.
The version based on the 6.6 kernel has the name "ORION" attached and has support for the full feature set of that board.
The mainline kernel does have missing drivers. A overview whats working on mainline and whats not can be found under 4. Mainline Support.
The Prion supports installation from generic ISO images, unlike our other supported single-board computers (SBCs) which use device-specific images. Installation can be done using a USB stick or even a USB optical drive.
A guide for generic .iso installation is available here.
We have developed a custom UEFI based on Radxa’s source code. It supports the actual CPU speed at which the board is sold, allows control of PCIe link speed, and – best of all – displays the Bred logo on startup. A full list of features and a guide for updating your UEFI is available here.
linux |
Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Works | |
| RAM | Works | |
| GPU | Broken | No driver |
| NPU | Broken | No driver |
| HW Encode | Broken | No driver |
| HW Decode | Broken | No driver |
| HDMI | Partial | EFI FB partially works (1080P@60Hz on most monitors) |
| DP | Partial | Same as above |
| USB-C DP | Partial | Same as above |
| Storage | Works | M.2 SSDs work as expected |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Front USB | Works | Randomly dies, needs custom BredOS fork of Radxa bios to work |
| Rear USB | Works | Randomly dies |
| Front audio | Broken | No driver |
| Rear audio | Broken | No driver |
| RTC | Works | No driver |
| UART | Works | /dev/ttyS2 at boot |
| PCIe | Partial | Works fine for most devices but some GPUs don't work as expected. Freezes the entire system sometimes. Consider using our bios. |
| M.2 E Key | Works | |
| M.2 M Key | Works | |
| Fan control | Works | Auto fan control, No way to control from OS |
Some testers have found that the system becomes unstable when a device operating at PCIe Gen. 4 speeds is connected. If your board is unstable due to this, consider updating to our UEFI firmware and setting the link speed to Gen. 3.