krvprashanth

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FOSS Activity 2026Q1


Hello everyone! Quarterly post about the contributions I’ve made or things I found interesting in collaborative Free and Open Source Software development.

Debian GNU/Linux

linux:

Merge Requests
!1844: [arm64,armhf] Enable SND_SOC_WM8731_I2C and COMMON_CLK_SI5351 as module
!1846: [armhf] drivers/gpu/drm/v3d: Enable DRM_V3D as module
!1847: [armhf] Enable Config for Device Tree Overlays

flash-kernel:

Merge Requests
!82: Add: Support for TI AM67A BeagleY-AI
!83: Add: Support for TI K3 AM62x based BeagleBoard.org boards
!84: debian/changelog: Add Closes
!85: Add: Support for D-step version of BCM2712 Raspberry Pi 5

optee-os:

Merge Requests
!2: Build optee-os for TI K3 J721E/TDA4VM BeagleBone AI-64

extrepo:

Merge Requests
!533: Add: Arduino repository
!534: Mozilla: enable repository for arm64
!535: Mobian: enable repository for forky
!536: BeagleBoard: use templating, add repositories and GPG key
!537: Add: LinuxCNC repository

Raspberry Pi / linux

Pull Request
#7223 configs: enable Si5351 i2c common clock driver

Kernel workflow Tool

Pull Request
#1261 documentation/content/installanduninstall: add Debian to package install

KiCad / kicad-website

Merge Requests
!676: [Debian] content/download/linux-distro: update to current stable release

Meshtastic

Pull Request
#2309 docs: Add installation instructions for Debian using extrepo

RISC-V / learn

Pull Request
#77 Add: RISC-V Vector (RVV) Primer to learning resources

Ending Thoughts

That’s all for Q1 of 2026. I hope to post quarterly updates and I guess this will keep people informed about my foss activity and possibly attract potential contributors.