upgrade to armbian v25.11.1; drop kernal patch; faster build

Author: naltatis

scripts/build-armbian.sh

@@ -74,18 +74,14 @@ if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
 else
   BUILD_DIR="$BUILDTMP/build"
 fi
-git clone --depth=1 --branch v25.8.1 https://github.com/armbian/build.git "$BUILD_DIR"
+git clone --depth=1 --branch v25.11.1 https://github.com/armbian/build.git "$BUILD_DIR"
 
 # Place our userpatches into the build tree
 rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR/userpatches"
 cp -a "$BUILDTMP/userpatches" "$BUILD_DIR/userpatches"
 
 echo "Starting build for board=${BOARD} release=bookworm release_name=${RELEASE_NAME} using Armbian build"
 
-# Remove problematic video decoding patches that aren't needed for evcc
-echo "Removing problematic rkvdec patches..."
-find "$BUILD_DIR/patch" -name "*general-v4l2-rkvdec*" -type f -exec rm -v {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
-
 pushd "$BUILD_DIR" >/dev/null
   EXPERT=yes \
   SKIP_LOG_ARCHIVE=yes \

userpatches/customize-image.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ echo "[customize-image] setting up system"
 
 # Update system packages
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y full-upgrade
+apt-get -y upgrade
 
 # Install base utils and mdns (avahi)
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ echo 'APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgra
 
 echo "[customize-image] unattended security updates enabled"
 
+# ============================================================================
+# BRANDING
+# ============================================================================
+echo "[customize-image] customizing branding"
+
+if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
+  sed -i 's/Armbian-unofficial/Armbian/g' /etc/os-release
+fi
+
 # ============================================================================
 # CLEANUP
 # ============================================================================