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Can I just slap any "RISC-V Arch image" on the visionfive 2 or do I need custom patches to support the board?
by Slashh 3y ago
Can I just slap any "RISC-V Arch image" on the visionfive 2 or do I need custom patches to support the board?
- snvzz 3y agoUserspace-wise, that Arch I linked just works. I used the debian image to unpack their root tarball and set things up via chroot. You need to understand the standard RISC-V boot process, and particularly how to configure u-boot. I assume you have serial port access, else I recommend grabbing a cp2104 based usb to ttl serial adapter from aliexpress (~$2). It is very hard to interact with u-boot and/or debug boot issues without. The kernel is what gets difficult. You need a kernel that supports the VisionFive 2. I did compile mine from one of the trees maintained by people in the forum. StarFive managed to get a lot of code merged upstream[0] in a short amount of time, but you'd be missing important features such as video output if you use that. Once more patches get upstreamed and the UEFI effort gets console support (video output and usb keyboard), boot should be as easy as any modern PC, with Linux distributions generic install media simply working outright. 0. https://rvspace.org/en/project/JH7110_Upstream_Plan https://rvspace.org/en/project/JH7110_Upstream_Plan
- Slashh 3y agoHow did you install the GPU userspace drivers?