BananaNAS

This repository contains an overlay and customization scripts for building an Armbian image for the portable NAS - BananaNAS based on RK3588 single-board computer. It features two M.2 NVMe slots, two 2.5GbE ports and supports OMV.

The Device Tree Overlay armsom-sige7-pcie-split.dts enables two NVMe drives (splits 4 PCIe lanes into 2x2).

File descriptions

File	Description
armsom-sige7-pcie-split.dts	Splits 4 PCIe 3.0 lanes into two 2-lane ports for two NVMe drives.
customize-image.sh	Customization script that copies the overlay into the Armbian build.

Usage with the Armbian build system

Place the files in userpatches/:

userpatches/
├── customize-image.sh
└── overlay/
    ├── armsom-sige7-pcie-split.dts

Build examples

Server

./compile.sh build BOARD=bananapim7 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie

Server + OMV

• place omv extension to /extensions
• add ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=omv to directive and run:

./compile.sh build BOARD=bananapim7 BRANCH=vendor BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=omv

Resources

• https://pixelnas.com/
• https://github.com/armbian/rkbin

License

GPL-2.0 (in accordance with Armbian). Base DTS source files are from the Linux kernel and the armsom-sige7 project.