So I just found my old #Pine64 #Star64 SBC just laying around.
And after finding out that some rpm based distros now support #RISCV I decided to do something slightly cursed:
Flash the VisionFive 2 #RockyLinux v10.1 image to a small SD-Card and see if it works.
It seems to work quite well. I even managed to enroll it to my local #FreeIPA realm.
IDK what to do with it though (I already have a decent homelab). Anyone got any ideas?
Big news for #risc_v SBCs with imagination #gpu support!
nice that the img-bxe-4-32-mc4 (included in the StarFive JH7110 (used by #pine64 #star64 ( https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/STAR64 ))) is capable of splitting the GPU in up to 8 virtual GPUs. Sadly the SiFive U74 CPU core does not implement the RISC-V H extension (extension for hardware virtualization instructions).
I was wondering what all those connectors were... The #star64 #sbc now has a map of available connectors on the @PINE64 wiki:
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/STAR64#Board_Information,_Schematics_and_Certifications
With the arrival of my #starfive #visionfive2 board, I could test my #riscv #gcc software builds.
It's great to see that #debian12 has full support for riscv cross builds and I'm going to upgrade my build docker images to the new version soon.
Unfortunately I run into troubles with the UI after an upgrade attempt again (same as on #star64 from #pine64). Now I need to find a more stable OS image.
However, #riscv support and stability is increasing step by step, and that's good news!
@cgx Contacte @bortzmeyer:matrix.underworld.fr (c'est moi).
Ou si tu veux un salon public, celui de la Star 64, #star64:matrix.org
#Ox64 BL808 vs #Star64 JH7110 ... Handling #RISCV Interrupts a little differently
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/nuttx-ox64#uart-interrupt-for-ox64-bl808
Apache #NuttX RTOS for #Star64 JH7110 will call these #OpenSBI Functions
Article: https://lupyuen.codeberg.page/articles/sbi.html#integrate-opensbi-with-nuttx
Calling #OpenSBI to read the #RISCV System Info ... On #Star64 JH7110 SBC
Article: https://lupyuen.codeberg.page/articles/sbi.html#fetch-the-system-info
Let's run some #OpenSBI Experiments ... With Apache #NuttX RTOS on #Star64 JH7110 #RISCV SBC!
Article: https://lupyuen.codeberg.page/articles/sbi.html#run-nuttx-with-opensbi
New blog post about my experience writing a bare metal Hello World program in RISC-V ASM using UART for the #star64 from @PINE64! I'm currently trying to do this with Rust so if anyone knows how to then please let me know about your experience. Check out my new blog post here: https://mrrcode979.github.io/blog/post/star64-baremetal/
It's #pinestorm! A @risc_v #beowulfcluster built with @PINE64 #star64's. Pinestorm runs over ethernet using @ubuntu #slurm, and #nfs.
I just pushed some big updates to my #PinetabV and #Star64 plasma images. If you are already running and want to upgrade please see the release notes here: https://github.com/Fishwaldo/meta-pine64/releases/tag/v2.1 #pine64 #RISCV
New release of my @PINE64 #STAR64 #RISCV #NixOS image! This time booting from eMMC actually works.
Thanks @zarel @aciceri and others for helping me debug it at #NixCon, and thanks @Fishwaldo for your kernel port
Today a #PINE64 #STAR64 joined my SoC family.
The #yocto image worked out of the box and offers a standard #linux desktop feeling.
Performance is like on #raspberry PI 4. It runs simple stuff well, but heavy browser content slows down the whole device.
Yes, there are some software bugs, but that thing is new, and I'm sure improvements will come soon.
I'm thrilled about the arrival of RISC-V in the customer market, because we need more diversity in technology.
Another Week - Another new image for #pinetabv (and #star64) - Kernel Version Bumps, Package Bumps in this release. Also, last actual release for PtV for a while, as now the images can be upgraded via "apt upgrade" online.
Major Changes for PtV include sound (enable it in settings), a updated kernel version 5.15.127 with the latest Starfive Vendor patches, improved EMMC performance, and a few thousand additional packages available via apt!
Grab it from https://github.com/Fishwaldo/meta-pine64/releases/tag/v2.0
Currently building new images for the #pinetabv and #star64. This is going to take a while, so I thought I’d take the dog for a walk, only to find him passed out like this!
@xue35 follow https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/101651 for #nixos #riscv progress.
some people had it running, but many packages are not compatible yet and i think there is no official binary cache, so you have to build everything yourself or use a community binary cache
here is for example hardware specific config for a #StarFive #VisionFive 2 SBC: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/starfive/visionfive/v2
or a #Pine64 #Star64: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/pine64/star64
for specific questions, join the matrix chat room: https://matrix.to/#/#exotic:nixos.org
I don't _need_ another #Fediverse account, but #GoToSocial is looking kinda neat and I _do_ have a #STAR64 board sitting around collecting dust... :ai_yaysuperfast:
Let's talk about #RISCV PLIC: Platform-Level Interrupt Controller ... For #Star64 JH7110 SBC
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/nuttx-star64#platform-level-interrupt-controller-for-star64
