@radxa developer decided to try *BSD on #Orion C6: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-arm&m=173726172017749
Firmware issues all the way. Why no one ran FWTS does not surprise me when I see kernel logs as screenshots.
@jevinskie @radxa They plan to release edk2 and Linux 6.1 kernel sources next week.
https://forum.radxa.com/t/orion-o6-debug-party-invitation/25054/199
In meantime they provide own Debian based images with their 6.1 kernel in binary form + some binary only packages to make use of Mali graphics, NPU etc.
You can boot Debian with 6.11+ kernel and use PCIe GPU.
Sooner or later things may get better.
Sorry we know it's not cool, but the release time is set by Cix. We need to wait for them to complete the code compliance review.