Armada 1.1 — Retroid Pocket 5, Flip2, Mini V2

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Decky Quick Access

Hotkeys are disabled by default.

Base system

SteamOS-like distro on Fedora bootc/ostree, ARM64 Steam, latest FEX, CachyOS Proton 11
KDE desktop mode with the Bazaar app store
Over-the-air updates (Beta/Preview channels) and install-to-internal-storage, alongside Android
Waydroid support (Android app compatibility), with correct controller mapping for Retroid gamepad families

Compatibility & performance

ARM64 / x86_64 Compatibility Mode switch - one toggle picks the right global Proton default (native ARM64 CachyOS Proton, or Valve's x86_64 proton_experimental) together with the matching FEX ThunksDB state for each, fixing games that only worked right on one path
Per-game FEX preset (Default/Fast/Compatible/Custom) and resolution, saved per game
Per-game CPU core affinity - pin a game to the big or little cluster
Performance Overlay toggle - gamescope's built-in --mangoapp FPS/CPU/GPU/temp overlay, no extra setup
gamescope's compositor threads promoted to SCHED_RR for steadier frame pacing under load
Kernel now built with sched_ext support (BTF + CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT), laying the groundwork for a BPF scheduler later
Fixed the Proton auto-apply bootstrap silently disabling itself, so per-game Proton choices actually stick

Power, fan, and sleep

Power profiles (Eco/Balanced/Performance) with fan curve, CPU underclock, and GPU clock range, editable in Armada Control
Auto power-profile switching by AC/battery state
Real suspend on all SM8250 devices, with a working "remember last choice" GRUB menu
Fixed a power-key rebound race that could disable the safety guard around fake-suspend

Stick RGB lighting (Retroid Pocket Mini V2)

Its own Armada Control tab, separate from Settings
Ten modes: Static, Breathing, Battery, Battery + Breathing, Rainbow, Chase, Alternating, Reactive, Multidot, Ambilight (screen-color-reactive)
Per-mode Speed/Intensity/Size sliders, per-button flash colors for Reactive, and a "follow screen brightness" toggle
Colors tucked behind a spoiler (presets first, custom RGB sliders behind a further "advanced" toggle)
Gamma-corrected LED output and fixed duotone zone/color mapping
Charging indicator now pulses in breathing mode instead of sitting static

Display

External display menu in Decky (game mode): pick a primary display, resolution, remembers per-display settings, survives unplugging mid-session
Removed the portrait-only external display block from the UI

Input & UI

Mapped Retroid's extra button to Quick Access instead of F1
Decky Loader watchdog (recovers automatically if it stops itself after a session restart)
Fixed internal/eMMC storage installation for SM8250 devices (was picking the wrong device tree)

OTA updates on the Beta or Preview channels may cause system instability
External display rotation is not supported (a gamescope limitation, not something we can fix in this repo) - a portrait-only external display can't be set as primary
Wireless display support not yet implemented
Sleep/resume is still occasionally flaky on some devices