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{{< /details >}}
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{{< details "Q: How can I use more than 4GB of RAM on the Rock 5B?" >}}
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_August 2025_
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{{< details "Q: I want to boot from SDMMC instead of eMMC" >}}
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{{< details "Q: I want to boot from SDMMC instead of eMMC" >}}
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We recommend booting from eMMC. Compatible eMMC chips cost around 10 USD:
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To fix this, you either:
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- boot from eMMC
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- or rebuild the kernel with `OPENCCA_HW_DEBUG=n`, and if needed, adjust the kernel cmd line arguments so the rootfs is loaded from SDMMC instead.
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{{< details "Q: What is the MOSFET circuit used for?" >}}
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{{< details "Q: What is the MOSFET circuit used for?" >}}
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I read there is a MOSFET circuit for flashing, do I need this?
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> The RK3588 connects over ethernet to a
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> flash server (Raspberry Pi). It controls a MOSFET and power circuit to
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> flash new firmware and exposes UART access.
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The MOSFET circuit is not strictly necessary. You can flash the firmware
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manually by pressing the physical button on the SoC. However, if you plan to do
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(MOSFET, 10kΩ, 220Ω resistors) and should be doable in a few minutes of
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soldering. A google search for "MOSFET as a switch" should give you the gist
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what to do.
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{{< details "Q: What about Support for Orange Pi 5 Plus or other RK3588 variants?" >}}
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We chose the Rock 5B as the reference platform because its Linux kernel support
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was more up to date at the time of kickoff. Although the Orange Pi 5 Plus uses
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the same SoC, you will likely need to adjust MMIO offsets (either in code or the
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device tree) in TFA and U-Boot, and possibly find or adapt a suitable Linux
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kernel for better peripheral support. [Collabora](https://www.collabora.com/) does upstream work for RK3588 in
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Linux, so they may have merged better support for other variants of the RK3588
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by now.
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Feel invited to send patches to OpenCCA.
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