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CHORE: fix LED flicker in setup-pi (disable sound, isolate core)#3

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Two provisioning tweaks that eliminate visible panel flicker, both idempotent
and applied on the next reboot:

  • Blacklist snd_bcm2835 and set dtparam=audio=off. The Adafruit HAT drives the
    panel PWM on the same hardware the sound module uses, so onboard sound is the
    most common flicker source.
  • Append isolcpus=3 to the kernel cmdline so the matrix refresh thread (pinned
    to core 3) is not interrupted by the scheduler.

The completion message now notes a reboot is needed to apply them.

Two provisioning tweaks that eliminate visible panel flicker, both idempotent
and applied on the next reboot:

- Blacklist snd_bcm2835 and set dtparam=audio=off. The Adafruit HAT drives the
  panel PWM on the same hardware the sound module uses, so onboard sound is the
  most common flicker source.
- Append isolcpus=3 to the kernel cmdline so the matrix refresh thread (pinned
  to core 3) is not interrupted by the scheduler.

The completion message now notes a reboot is needed to apply them.
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hahuang65 merged commit 11b7f32 into main Jun 18, 2026
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