diff --git a/buildroot b/buildroot
index 908f0030..d16f6291 160000
--- a/buildroot
+++ b/buildroot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 908f00306fc044ab4755d101e1a4e03ae12197b3
+Subproject commit d16f62919384610b1fb2e6641ed915c9818bef2f
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/.empty b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/patches/kernel/.empty
similarity index 100%
rename from buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/.empty
rename to buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/patches/kernel/.empty
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/patches/kernel/0001-mmc-sdhci-fix-max-req-size-based-on-spec.patch b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/patches/kernel/0001-mmc-sdhci-fix-max-req-size-based-on-spec.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d01be00f..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/patches/kernel/0001-mmc-sdhci-fix-max-req-size-based-on-spec.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-From 79e6ac0d94c3f60efbf9720b4df8f9313a689441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: CTCaer <ctcaer@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:00:51 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] mmc: sdhci: fix max req size based on spec
-
-For almost 2 decades, the max allowed requests were limited to 512KB because of
-SDMA's max 512KiB boundary limit.
-
-ADMA2 and ADMA3 do not have such limits and were effectively made so any
-kind of block count would not impose interrupt and managing stress to the host.
-
-By limiting that to 512KiB, it effectively downgrades these DMA modes to SDMA.
-
-Fix that by actually following the spec:
-When ADMA is selected tuning mode is advised.
-On lesser modes 4MiB transfers is selected as max, so re-tuning if timer trigger
-or if requested by host interrupt, can be done in time.
-Otherwise, the only limit is the variable size of types used.
-In this implementation, 16MiB is used as maximum since tests showed that after
-that point, there are diminishing returns.
-
-Also 16MiB in worst case scenarios, when card is eMMC and its max speed is a
-generous 350MiB/s, will generate interrupts every 45ms on huge data transfers.
-
-A new `adma_get_req_limit` sdhci host function was also introduced, to let
-vendors override imposed limits by the generic implementation if needed.
-
-For example, on local tests with rigorous CPU/GPU burn-in tests and abrupt
-cut-offs to generate huge temperature changes (upwards/downwards) to the card,
-tested host was fine up to 128MB/s transfers on slow cards that used SDR104
-bus timing without re-tuning.
-In that case the 4MiB limit was overridden with a more than safe 8MiB value.
-
-In all testing cases and boards, that change brought the following:
-
-Depending on bus timing and eMMC/SD specs:
-* Max Read throughput increased by 2-20%
-* Max Write throughput increased by 50-200%
-Depending on CPU frequency and transfer sizes:
-* Reduced mmcqd cpu core usage by 4-50%
-
-Signed-off-by: CTCaer <ctcaer@gmail.com>
----
- drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
- drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h |  4 ++--
- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
-index 84d0d7ac0ae65..518fbaa62e092 100644
---- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
-+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
-@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ static void sdhci_initialize_data(struct sdhci_host *host,
- 	WARN_ON(host->data);
- 
- 	/* Sanity checks */
--	BUG_ON(data->blksz * data->blocks > 524288);
-+	BUG_ON(data->blksz * data->blocks > host->mmc->max_req_size);
- 	BUG_ON(data->blksz > host->mmc->max_blk_size);
- 	BUG_ON(data->blocks > 65535);
- 
-@@ -4720,11 +4720,18 @@ int sdhci_setup_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
- 
- 	/*
- 	 * Maximum number of sectors in one transfer. Limited by SDMA boundary
--	 * size (512KiB). Note some tuning modes impose a 4MiB limit, but this
--	 * is less anyway.
-+	 * size and by tuning modes on ADMA. On tuning mode 3 16MiB is more than
-+	 * enough to cover big data transfers.
- 	 */
--	mmc->max_req_size = 524288;
--
-+	if (host->flags & SDHCI_USE_ADMA) {
-+		if (host->tuning_mode != SDHCI_TUNING_MODE_3)
-+			mmc->max_req_size = 4194304;
-+		else
-+			mmc->max_req_size = 16777216;
-+	} else {
-+		/* On PIO/SDMA use SDMA boundary size (512KiB). */
-+		mmc->max_req_size = 524288;
-+	}
- 	/*
- 	 * Maximum number of segments. Depends on if the hardware
- 	 * can do scatter/gather or not.
-diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
-index 5ce7cdcc192fd..7c85aeee814d6 100644
---- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
-+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
-@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ struct sdhci_adma2_64_desc {
- #define ADMA2_END		0x2
- 
- /*
-- * Maximum segments assuming a 512KiB maximum requisition size and a minimum
-+ * Maximum segments assuming a 16MiB maximum requisition size and a minimum
-  * 4KiB page size. Note this also allows enough for multiple descriptors in
-  * case of PAGE_SIZE >= 64KiB.
-  */
--#define SDHCI_MAX_SEGS		128
-+#define SDHCI_MAX_SEGS		4096
- 
- /* Allow for a a command request and a data request at the same time */
- #define SDHCI_MAX_MRQS		2
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/bcm2835-alsa.conf b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/bcm2835-alsa.conf
index d53bfc21..bc265c11 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/bcm2835-alsa.conf
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/bcm2835-alsa.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 options snd_soc_simple_card index=0
+options snd_soc_rpi_proto index=0
 options snd_bcm2835 index=1
-options snd slots=snd-soc-simple-card,snd-bcm2835
+options snd slots=snd_soc_simple_card,snd_soc_rpi_proto,snd_bcm2835
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_6mic.state b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_6mic.state
deleted file mode 100644
index 0920cdb0..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_6mic.state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,337 +0,0 @@
-state.ALSA {
-	control.1 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Volume'
-		value 400
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '-10239 - 400'
-			dbmin -9999999
-			dbmax 400
-			dbvalue.0 400
-		}
-	}
-	control.2 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Switch'
-		value true
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type BOOLEAN
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.3 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Route'
-		value 1
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 2'
-		}
-	}
-	control.4 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
-		value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.5 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
-		value '0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access read
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.6 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback PCM Stream'
-		value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access 'read write inactive'
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-}
-state.seeed8micvoicec {
-	control.1 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH1 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.2 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH2 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.3 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH3 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.4 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH4 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.5 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC1 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.6 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC2 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.7 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC3 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.8 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC4 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.9 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH5 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.10 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH6 digital volume'
-		value 208
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 3675
-		}
-	}
-	control.11 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH7 digital volume'
-		value 198
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 2925
-		}
-	}
-	control.12 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH8 digital volume'
-		value 198
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 2925
-		}
-	}
-	control.13 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC5 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.14 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC6 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.15 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC7 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.16 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC8 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.17 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'DAC Playback Volume'
-		value.0 0
-		value.1 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 2
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 -11925
-			dbvalue.1 -11925
-		}
-	}
-	control.18 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'Speaker Playback Volume'
-		value 25
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin -4800
-			dbmax -150
-			dbvalue.0 -1050
-		}
-	}
-	control.19 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'Headphone Playback Volume'
-		value 52
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 63'
-			dbmin -6300
-			dbmax 0
-			dbvalue.0 -1100
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_asound.state b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_asound.state
deleted file mode 100644
index 103bfb48..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/ac108_asound.state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-state.ALSA {
-	control.1 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Volume'
-		value 400
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '-10239 - 400'
-			dbmin -9999999
-			dbmax 400
-			dbvalue.0 400
-		}
-	}
-	control.2 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Switch'
-		value true
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type BOOLEAN
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.3 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'PCM Playback Route'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 2'
-		}
-	}
-	control.4 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
-		value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.5 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
-		value '0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access read
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-	control.6 {
-		iface PCM
-		name 'IEC958 Playback PCM Stream'
-		value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-		comment {
-			access 'read write inactive'
-			type IEC958
-			count 1
-		}
-	}
-}
-state.seeed4micvoicec {
-	control.1 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH1 digital volume'
-		value 222
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 4725
-		}
-	}
-	control.2 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH2 digital volume'
-		value 222
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 4725
-		}
-	}
-	control.3 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH3 digital volume'
-		value 222
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 4725
-		}
-	}
-	control.4 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'CH4 digital volume'
-		value 222
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 255'
-			dbmin -11925
-			dbmax 7200
-			dbvalue.0 4725
-		}
-	}
-	control.5 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC1 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.6 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC2 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.7 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC3 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-	control.8 {
-		iface MIXER
-		name 'ADC4 PGA gain'
-		value 0
-		comment {
-			access 'read write'
-			type INTEGER
-			count 1
-			range '0 - 31'
-			dbmin 0
-			dbmax 3100
-			dbvalue.0 0
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/asound.state b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/asound.state
deleted file mode 120000
index 815b046d..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/asound.state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default-asound.state
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/default-asound.state b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/default-asound.state
deleted file mode 100644
index 53e98118..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/etc/voicecard/default-asound.state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-state.ALSA {
-        control.1 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Volume'
-                value -31
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type INTEGER
-                        count 1
-                        range '-10239 - 400'
-                        dbmin -9999999
-                        dbmax 400
-                        dbvalue.0 -31
-                }
-        }
-        control.2 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Switch'
-                value true
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type BOOLEAN
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-        control.3 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Route'
-                value 0
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type INTEGER
-                        count 1
-                        range '0 - 3'
-                }
-        }
-        control.4 {
-                iface PCM
-                name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
-                value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type IEC958
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-        control.5 {
-                iface PCM
-                name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
-                value '0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-                comment {
-                        access read
-                        type IEC958
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-}
-
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/phal.list b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/phal.list
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6fc2549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/phal.list
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+git+https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-PHAL-plugin-mk1.git
+git+https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/neon-phal-plugin-linear_led.git
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/08-respeaker.preset b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/08-respeaker.preset
deleted file mode 100644
index 52b89c27..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/08-respeaker.preset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-enable seeed-voicecard.service
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/i2csound.service b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/i2csound.service
index 19071c39..05b69b46 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/i2csound.service
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/i2csound.service
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=I2C Sound configuration service
-After=alsa-restore.service
 Requires=dev-i2c\x2d1.device
 After=dev-i2c\x2d1.device
 Requires=systemd-modules-load.service
 After=systemd-modules-load.service
-Before=pulseaudio.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/var/lib/alsa/default-asound.state b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/var/lib/alsa/default-asound.state
deleted file mode 100644
index 53e98118..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/var/lib/alsa/default-asound.state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-state.ALSA {
-        control.1 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Volume'
-                value -31
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type INTEGER
-                        count 1
-                        range '-10239 - 400'
-                        dbmin -9999999
-                        dbmax 400
-                        dbvalue.0 -31
-                }
-        }
-        control.2 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Switch'
-                value true
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type BOOLEAN
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-        control.3 {
-                iface MIXER
-                name 'PCM Playback Route'
-                value 0
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type INTEGER
-                        count 1
-                        range '0 - 3'
-                }
-        }
-        control.4 {
-                iface PCM
-                name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
-                value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-                comment {
-                        access 'read write'
-                        type IEC958
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-        control.5 {
-                iface PCM
-                name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
-                value '0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
-                comment {
-                        access read
-                        type IEC958
-                        count 1
-                }
-        }
-}
-
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_64_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_64_defconfig
index 3e397ae1..132a4838 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_64_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_64_defconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/ova/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="--ova"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.1.66"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.1.68"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="x86_64"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/ovos.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/device-drivers.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/docker.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/ova/kernel.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZ4=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64_defconfig
index e877086e..d8ac6bdc 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64_defconfig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rpi3/post-i
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="--rpi3"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,raspberrypi,linux,3d9d7e7b2aa312f79f8034a9d42b7e7ccb92c54b)/linux-3d9d7e7b2aa312f79f8034a9d42b7e7ccb92c54b.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,raspberrypi,linux,e41b05a8fc73f95425aceaf15a68fc25da1d1fe5)/linux-e41b05a8fc73f95425aceaf15a68fc25da1d1fe5.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="bcmrpi3"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/ovos.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/device-drivers.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/docker.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/raspberrypi/kernel.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZ4=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64_defconfig
index f2efc822..02f17ba3 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64_defconfig
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rpi4/post-i
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="--rpi4"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,raspberrypi,linux,3d9d7e7b2aa312f79f8034a9d42b7e7ccb92c54b)/linux-3d9d7e7b2aa312f79f8034a9d42b7e7ccb92c54b.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,raspberrypi,linux,e41b05a8fc73f95425aceaf15a68fc25da1d1fe5)/linux-e41b05a8fc73f95425aceaf15a68fc25da1d1fe5.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="bcm2711"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/ovos.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/device-drivers.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/kernel/docker.config $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/ovos/raspberrypi/kernel.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZ4=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
index c38e9873..c2af7113 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ options saa7134-alsa index=-2
 options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
 options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
 options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
-options snd-usb-audio index=-2
 options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
 options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
 options snd-usb-ua101 index=-2
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 33336b39..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "max_allowed_core_version": 21.2
-}
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/mycroft_cli.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/mycroft_cli.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/skills/skill-news.jarbasskills/settings.json b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/skills/skill-news.jarbasskills/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bcb347c9..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.config/mycroft/skills/skill-news.jarbasskills/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"__mycroft_skill_firstrun": false}
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.local/bin/.empty b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.local/bin/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.local/lib/.empty b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/.local/lib/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/.empty b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/mycroft.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/mycroft.conf
index e1cb20d6..02fc5e65 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/mycroft.conf
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/ovos/ovos/config/mycroft.conf
@@ -49,14 +49,20 @@
   },
   "tts": {
     "module": "ovos-tts-plugin-server",
-    "ovos-tts-plugin-piper": {
-      "model": "alan_low"
+    "ovos-tts-plugin-server": {
+      "host": "https://tts.smartgic.io/piper",
+      "voice": "ryan-high"
     },
     "fallback_module": "ovos-tts-plugin-mimic",
     "ovos-tts-plugin-mimic": {
       "voice": "ap"
     }
   },
+  "stt": {
+    "ovos-stt-plugin-server": {
+      "url": "https://stt.smartgic.io/fasterwhisper/stt"
+    }
+  },
   "padatious": {
     "regex_only": false
   },
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/media/rfs/ro/.empty b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/media/rfs/ro/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/media/rfs/rw/.empty b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/media/rfs/rw/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 75d0d7af..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Note that two different ALSA card state management schemes exist and they
-# can be switched using a file exist check - /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf .
-#
-
-[Unit]
-Description=Save/Restore Sound Card State
-ConditionPathExists=!/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf
-ConditionPathExistsGlob=/dev/snd/control*
-ConditionPathExists=/etc/voicecard/asound.state
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-RemainAfterExit=true
-ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/alsa
-ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa -f /etc/voicecard/asound.state restore
-ExecStop=-/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa -f /etc/voicecard/asound.state store
-
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/sbin/pre-init b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/sbin/pre-init
deleted file mode 100755
index 33368521..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/sbin/pre-init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-
-/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
-/bin/mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
-grep -w "/dev" /proc/mounts >/dev/null || /bin/mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
-
-[ -z "${CMDLINE+x}" ] && CMDLINE=`cat /proc/cmdline`
-for arg in $CMDLINE; do
-	optarg=`expr "x$arg" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)' || echo ''`
-	case $arg in
-		root=*)
-			ROOT_RODEVICE=$optarg ;;
-		rootfstype=*)
-			ROOT_ROFSTYPE=$optarg ;;
-	esac
-done
-
-ROOT_ROMOUNTPARAMS="-t $ROOT_ROFSTYPE -o noatime,nodiratime $ROOT_RODEVICE"
-if ! /bin/mount $ROOT_ROMOUNTPARAMS /media/rfs/ro 2>/dev/null && \
-	[ "x-o bind /" == "x$ROOT_ROMOUNTPARAMS" ] || \
-	log "Could not mount $ROOT_RODEVICE, bind mounting..." && \
-	! /bin/mount -o bind / /media/rfs/ro; then
-	fatal "Could not mount read-only rootfs"
-fi
-
-if ! /bin/mount -o remount,ro /media/rfs/ro; then
-	fatal "Could not remount read-only rootfs as read only"
-fi
-
-if ! /bin/mount PARTUUID=f1326040-5236-40eb-b683-aaa100a9afcf /media/rfs/rw -t auto -o relatime,nosuid,nodev ; then
-	fatal "Could not mount read-write rootfs"
-fi
-
-mkdir -p /media/rfs/rw/upperdir /media/rfs/rw/work
-/bin/mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=/media/rfs/ro,upperdir=/media/rfs/rw/upperdir,workdir=/media/rfs/rw/work /mnt
-
-mkdir -p /mnt/media/rfs/ro /mnt/media/rfs/rw
-/bin/mount -n --move /media/rfs/ro /mnt/media/rfs/ro
-/bin/mount -n --move /media/rfs/rw /mnt/media/rfs/rw
-
-/bin/mount -n --move /proc /mnt/proc
-/bin/mount -n --move /sys /mnt/sys
-/bin/mount -n --move /dev /mnt/dev
-
-cd /mnt
-exec chroot /mnt /sbin/init || fatal "Couldn't chroot, dropping to shell"