[knukima]

Based on the xiaomi-blossom board. Boots mainline:

[INFO] simplefb: ready (1088x2340)
[INFO]              .__.____                     .___
[INFO]  __ __  ____ |__|    |    _________     __| _/___________
[INFO] |  |  \/    \|  |    |   /  _ \__  \   / __ |/ __ \_  __\
[INFO] |  |  /   |  \  |    |__(  <_> ) __ \_/ /_/ \  ___/|  |\/
[INFO] |____/|___|  /__|_______ \____(____  /\____ |\___  >__|
[INFO]            \/           \/         \/      \/    \/
[INFO] passed board initialization
[INFO] welcome to uniLoader (13bc09f) - date 2026-10-29 20:55:47 on xiaomi-merlinx
[INFO] trying to open fdt...
[INFO] adding linux,initrd-start...
[INFO] adding linux,initrd-end...
[INFO] Booting kernel...
[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0000000000 [0x411fd050]
[    0.000000] Linux version 7.3.0-rc4+ (runner@runnervmtr4k5) (Ubuntu clang version 18.1.3 (1ubuntu1), GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.42) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 26 14:30:26 UTC 2026

The only issue is that font is too large, so the uniLoader banner doesnt fit on the screen correctly, although all other text renders fine. Setting .scale = 1 or .scale = 2 shifts the image, and I couldn’t fix this without changing the simplefb logic:

Note:

• merlinx: Redmi Note 9 (as far as I know, this is community codename)
• merlin: Redmi 10X 4G
  “merlin” is sometimes used to refer to the Redmi Note 9 as well, but LineageOS uses merlinx for it: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_merlinx

Thanks to kiberrrxx for the tests.

[BotchedRPR]

ack on the simplefb stuff, decoupling stride from resolution would probably be the best here

resolved

[BotchedRPR]

Thank you for the new device :)