Ubuntu 24.10 Making Preparations For The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5

Written by Michael Larabel in Raspberry Pi on 20 September 2024 at 12:55 PM EDT. Add A Comment
RASPBERRY PI
For months there has been talk and speculations around Raspberry Pi working to release a Compute Module 5 (CM5) in putting the power of last year's Raspberry Pi 5 into the small form factor for various embedded/industrial applications. It's pretty much a given that the Compute Module 5 will come, it's just a matter of when. With recent activity by Canonical engineers working on Ubuntu Linux, it's looking like the CM5 could be here soon.

Canonical engineers working on Ubuntu Linux are working to squeeze in Compute Module 5 support into the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release. Presumably the Compute Module 5 will be released in the next few months and thus important to get it into Ubuntu 24.10 and possible back-porting as part of an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS point release.

This ticket opened last week around Ubuntu's rpi-eeprom makes clear their intentions:
"In order to provide support for the forthcoming CM5, we should incorporate all possible boot fixes for the CM5 into the oracular release."

Oracular (Oracular Oriole) being the codename for Ubuntu 24.10 due out next month.

CM5 support ticket


For the rpi-eeprom package there is new code needed for supporting the Compute Module 5 on the CM4IO board and other CM5 support preparations.

With that we're hopefully getting quite close to seeing Raspberry Pi release the Compute Module 5 for opening the Raspberry Pi 5 power to more embedded/industrial uses.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week