Flash it wrong and lose nothing
Section titled “Flash it wrong and lose nothing”Firmware for the Turing Pi 2 that boots a new image on trial and takes it back if the board does not come back right. Upstream stopped in February 2025.
A bad image takes itself back
Section titled “A bad image takes itself back”Upstream promotes a new image the moment it boots, which proves the kernel started and nothing else. Here it boots on trial and is kept only if the board comes back right. It has said no once, on purpose, to a tampered image — in about 35 seconds.
Patch the BMC, leave the cluster alone
Section titled “Patch the BMC, leave the cluster alone”Upstream power-cycles all four compute modules to update the management computer beside them. This fork leaves their rails alone, so patching the board that manages your cluster does not take the cluster down.
Every board on one page, and none of them exposed
Section titled “Every board on one page, and none of them exposed”A board that can reflash four computers should not face the internet. One page inside the cluster drives them all, with every control a board has, and it holds no credential of its own.
Software that is still maintained
Section titled “Software that is still maintained”Upstream's last release was v2.1.0, in February 2025, on a kernel that is not a longterm release and a Buildroot that is end of life. This fork tracks both, and has taken out six named faults — including the one that killed this board twice in a day.
v2.44.0 shipped, 7 things planned
Section titled “v2.44.0 shipped, 7 things planned”Firmware v2.44.0: Flashing names what is in the way.
Everything that changed →Follow by feed →7 things are planned and 18 votes have been cast. Leading: A hardware watchdog, so a hung daemon does not mean a trip to the rack.
Vote on what comes next →Propose something →