Homebrew 4.5 (April 2026) stopped auto-tapping cross-tap
dependencies declared in formulae, as a security + performance
change. The px4-dev meta-formula pulled in packages from
osx-cross/arm, PX4/px4, and discoteq/discoteq, so 'brew install
px4-dev' now aborts before any real work unless every tap has been
added explicitly. On macos-latest CI runners the chain broke at the
first unreachable dep (discoteq/discoteq/flock) and subsequent make
steps failed with 'ccache: command not found'.
Since Tools/setup/macos.sh is the canonical install path and already
tapped osx-cross/arm and PX4/px4 before calling brew install, the
simplest fix is to inline the package list and call brew install
directly. The px4-dev meta-formula will be kept upstream as a
deprecated no-op so older copies of macos.sh on long-lived branches
and cached Docker images keep working.
The inlined package list is the same set px4-dev depended on, minus
the dead-weight flock dependency that hadn't been invoked in the PX4
build since the NuttX 9.1.x era. See the accompanying PX4/homebrew-px4
PR for formula changes.
Docs updated to match: docs/en/dev_setup/dev_env_mac.md no longer
names the px4-dev formula, describes the package list directly.
Verified locally on macOS ARM64:
- ./Tools/setup/macos.sh runs to completion with both taps and all 13
packages resolving correctly
- make distclean && make px4_fmu-v6x_default builds successfully
(1250/1250 ninja steps, 1930096 B FLASH used)
Signed-off-by: Ramon Roche <mrpollo@gmail.com>
* fix(mavlink): align signing with MAVLink spec and fix performance regression
Remove the non-standard MAV_SIGN_CFG parameter and align the signing
implementation with the MAVLink specification.
Key changes:
- Remove MAV_SIGN_CFG parameter that conflicted with GCS implementations
- Only enable signing when a valid key is present on the SD card
- Accept SETUP_SIGNING on any link, not just USB
- Reject SETUP_SIGNING while the vehicle is armed
- Allow disabling signing via signed all-zero key SETUP_SIGNING message
- Propagate key changes to all mavlink instances
- Zero CPU/bandwidth overhead when signing is not active
Fixes#26893
Signed-off-by: Ramon Roche <mrpollo@gmail.com>
* Signing minor subedit
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* refactor(battery_simulator): remove SIM_BAT_ENABLE
disable instead with SIM_BAT_DRAIN <= 0
* fix(battery_simulator): disable battery sim only if SIM_BAT_DRAIN strictly < 0
* fix(battery_simulator): disable if 0, adjust limit to 0
* fix(battery_simulator): remove constraining again
now that SIM_BAT_DRAIN=0 means the module is not started we are safe
from division by zero again (param compare has a tolerance of 1e-7)
* fix(battery_simulator): constrain param to min of 1
to avoid division by zero.
This reverts commit 6380c4fdee.
* fix(battery_simulator): remove arbitrary param max
* fix(battery_simulator): reword long param description
Co-authored-by: Jacob Dahl <37091262+dakejahl@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(battery_simulator): reword short param description
Co-authored-by: Jacob Dahl <37091262+dakejahl@users.noreply.github.com>
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Adds documentation for the SITL containers and .deb packages introduced in #26495. The containers are now live on Docker Hub: [`px4io/px4-sitl:latest`](https://hub.docker.com/r/px4io/px4-sitl) and [`px4io/px4-sitl-gazebo:latest`](https://hub.docker.com/r/px4io/px4-sitl-gazebo).
The main addition is a [Try PX4 Simulation](https://docs.px4.io/main/en/dev_setup/try_px4) page that leads with a single `docker run` command and gets someone flying in under a minute. It lives in Getting Started, right after Recommended Hardware/Setup, so it's one of the first things new users see.
The existing `.deb` package reference has been moved from `packaging/px4_sitl_deb.md` to `simulation/px4_sitl.md` and expanded to cover both containers and `.deb` packages on one page. Sections are ordered by how people use them: what's available, install, configure, connect QGC/MAVSDK, connect ROS 2.
Other changes:
- README now has a "Try PX4" section with the docker one-liner above "Build from Source"
- Landing page (`index.md`) reworked to lead with "Try PX4" before "For Developers"
- Toolchain page (`dev_env.md`) gets a tip redirecting simulation-only users to pre-built packages
- `getting_started.md` and `SUMMARY.md` updated with links to the new pages
- Simulation index tip updated to mention containers alongside `.deb` packages
The SIH container image is published as `px4io/px4-sitl` (renamed from `px4io/px4-sitl-sih`) so the default lightweight option carries the simplest name. The Gazebo image remains `px4io/px4-sitl-gazebo`.
Also upgrades all GitHub Actions in the SITL workflow to Node.js 24 compatible versions (`actions/checkout@v6`, `actions/cache@v5`, `actions/upload-artifact@v7`, `actions/download-artifact@v8`, `docker/setup-buildx-action@v4`, `docker/build-push-action@v7`) to fix the Node.js 20 deprecation warning ahead of the June 2026 deadline.
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Signed-off-by: Ramon Roche <mrpollo@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Hamish Willee <hamishwillee@gmail.com>
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