Release ghaf-26.07.1
This is monthly Ghaf release which has been fully tested on Nvidia Orin NX, Nvidia Orin AGX, Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen11 and System76 Darter Pro platforms
Release Tag
Section titled “Release Tag”https://github.com/tiiuae/ghaf/releases/tag/ghaf-26.07.1
Supported Hardware
Section titled “Supported Hardware”The following target hardware is supported by this release:
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10/11/12/13, Gen9 2-in-1
- Lenovo T14 AMD
- Dell Latitude 7230, 7330
- Alienware M18
- System76 Darter Pro
- NXP i.MX 8M Plus
What’s Changed
Section titled “What’s Changed”🚀 Features
Section titled “🚀 Features”- flash-script: Multi-thread zstd, bmap fast-path, and bmaptool retry - (9c0847c)
- installer: Improve speed, add encryption TUI, improve DRY-ness - (2aa297e)
- jetson: Pass the on-soc mgbe0 ethernet through to net-vm - (aa546fa)
- jetson-gpu: Pass the tegra234 gpu through to a gpu-vm microvm - (f287f54)
- jetson-orin: Generic LUKS FDE flash flow for Orin AGX/NX - (38fa3ba)
- ora-update: Bump givc to version with implemented OCI download - (5936192)
- ota-update: Introduce ota-update tool for net-vm - (c602a99)
- ota-update: Re-export givc.apps.ota-oras-push - (f4a16ac)
- release/cd: Automate changelog and GitHub release creation - (95434b8)
- Implement remote and local wiping - (540b096)
🐛 Bug Fixes
Section titled “🐛 Bug Fixes”- audit: Stop full backlog stalling auditd startup - (3c063c5)
- ci: Opt in to fork PR checkout in build workflow - (506e1f4)
- ci: Align codeql-action/init with autobuild and analyze - (dba4ab7)
- cosmic: Adjust for 1.1.0, move pipewire workaround - (835c065)
- devshell: Fix changelog helper to run against latest tag and offline - (850f002)
- identity: Break set-dynamic-hostname ordering cycle - (b42ae3a)
- jetson-orin: Cosmic auto suspend disable - (c6b41b8)
- logging: Reduce alloy stop timeout - (d3237d9)
- logging: Remove unused attr - (4079baa)
- media: Add cosmic player plugin path - (99128a4)
- microvm: Route VM DNS through net-vm - (f45cada)
- net-vm: Ax88179 power management quirks - (837646f)
- netvm: Assign stable NIC names - (ae4c973)
- ota-update: Fix image compression error - (1eacd01)
- partitioning: Don’t call GUM before Plymouth releases the console - (6ac934a)
- wipe: Fix persist not being wiped when disk is encrypted - (2895397)
- wireguard-gui: Enabling pkexec wrapper - (fb5ea71)
📚 Documentation
Section titled “📚 Documentation”⏩ Dependency Updates
Section titled “⏩ Dependency Updates”- ci-test-automation: Bump to fix build - (58e68c7)
- dependabot: Fix a partial upgrade - (3ce1817)
- Version number - (c0aa6cf)
- Bump all inputs 2026-07-08 - (a82f121)
⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
Section titled “⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks”- cross-compilation: Remove some cross compilation workarounds - (87b8ddb)
- devshell: Add ORAS tool - (377d98d)
- Switch to building intel targets in gh PR checks - (b97729a)
- Switch erofs to zstd, expand compression options, standardize image output - (ff0fadf)
- Trim some packages to reduce closure size - (49b83d1)
- Include bmap in installer, limit devshell threads to 8 by default - (91965fa)
Bug fixes
Section titled “Bug fixes”Fixed bugs that were present in the previous release
- Not able to open videos
- WireGuard GUI is not available
- Restoring brightness does not work with storeDisk image
Known Issues and Limitations
Section titled “Known Issues and Limitations”| Issue | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| x86 | ||
| Reboot and shutdown takes long time | In Progress | Issue is under investigation |
| (System76) Laptop suspended again after opening the lid | In Progress | Seen occasionally, issue is under investigation |
| Layout can be selected only once and not changed afterwards | In Progress | Fix is under verification |
| Audio taskbar doesn’t work after suspension | In Progress | Issue is under investigation |
| NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin / Orin NX | ||
| (Orin AGX) GUI doesn’t work | In Progress | Fix is under verification |
| If suspended, device doesn’t wake-up | On Hold | |
| Locking the device from power menu doesn’t work | On Hold | |
| Unlocking from lock screen does not work | On Hold |
Installation Instructions
Section titled “Installation Instructions”Released images are available at https://archive.vedenemo.dev/
Download the required image and use the following instructions: Build and Run