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System Version
edge
Status
basic
Last Update
2024-12-10
Alpine Banana Pi BPI-F3 Test Report
Test Environment
System Information
- Download Link: https://dev.alpinelinux.org/~mps/riscv64/
- Reference Installation Document: https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/GettingStarted_BPI-F3
Hardware Information
- Banana Pi BPI-F3
- Power Adapter
- A microSD Card
- A USB to UART Debugger
Installation Steps
Flashing the Image (SD Card)
After downloading and extracting the image, use dd to flash the image to the microSD card.
xz -kd bpi-f3-mmc.img.xz
sudo dd if=/path/to/bpi-f3-mmc.img of=/dev/your-device bs=1M status=progressLogging into the System
Logging into the system via the serial port.
[press ENTER to login]
Expected Results
The system should boot up normally and allow login through the onboard serial port.
Actual Results
The system booted successfully and login through the onboard serial port was also successful.
Boot Log
Screen recording (From flashing image to system login):
Welcome to Alpine Linux 3.21.0_alpha20240807 (edge)
Kernel 6.6.36-2-bpi-f3 on an riscv64 (ttyS0)
Welcome to Alpine!
The Alpine Wiki contains a large amount of how-to guides and general
information about administrating Alpine systems.
See <https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/>.
You can setup the system with the command: setup-alpine
localhost:~# uname -a
Linux localhost 6.6.36-2-bpi-f3 #3-Alpine SMP Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:41:15 +0000 riscv64 Linux
localhost:~# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.21.0_alpha20240807
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux edge"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues"
localhost:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
hart : 0
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 1
hart : 1
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 2
hart : 2
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 3
hart : 3
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 4
hart : 4
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 5
hart : 5
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 6
hart : 6
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
processor : 7
hart : 7
model name : Spacemit(R) X60
isa : rv64imafdcv_zicbom_zicboz_zicntr_zicond_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zihpm_zfh_zfhmin_zca_zcd_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_zkt_zve32f_zve32x_zve64d_zve64f_zve64x_zvfh_zvfhmin_zvkt_sscofpmf_sstc_svinval_svnapot_svpbmt
mmu : sv39
mvendorid : 0x710
marchid : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid : 0x1000000049772200
localhost:~# setup-alpine
ALPINE LINUX INSTALL
----------------------
Hostname
----------
Enter system hostname (fully qualified form, e.g. 'foo.example.org') [localhost]
Interface
-----------
Available interfaces are: eth0 eth1 ip6tnl0 sit0 tunl0.
Enter '?' for help on bridges, bonding and vlans.
Which one do you want to initialize? (or '?' or 'done') [eth0]
Ip address for eth0? (or 'dhcp', 'none', '?') [dhcp]
Available interfaces are: eth1 ip6tnl0 sit0 tunl0.
Enter '?' for help on bridges, bonding and vlans.
Which one do you want to initialize? (or '?' or 'done') [eth1] done
Do you want to do any manual network configuration? (y/n) [n]
[ 182.914702] priv phy_interface = 9
[ 183.008444] emac_phy_connect: eth0: attached to PHY (UID 0x1cc916) Link = 0
[ 183.035905] k1x_emac cac80000.ethernet eth0: registered PTP clock
udhcpc: started, v1.36.1
udhcpc: broadcasting discover
udhcpc: broadcasting discover
[ 187.145641] k1x_emac cac80000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
udhcpc: broadcasting discover
udhcpc: broadcasting select for 192.168.5.221, server 192.168.5.1
udhcpc: lease of 192.168.5.221 obtained from 192.168.5.1, lease time 43200
Root Password
---------------
Changing password for root
New password:
Bad password: too short
Retype password:
passwd: password for root changed by root
Timezone
----------
Africa/ Egypt Iran Poland
America/ Eire Israel Portugal
Antarctica/ Etc/ Jamaica ROC
Arctic/ Europe/ Japan ROK
Asia/ Factory Kwajalein Singapore
Atlantic/ GB Libya Turkey
Australia/ GB-Eire MET UCT
Brazil/ GMT MST US/
CET GMT+0 MST7MDT UTC
CST6CDT GMT-0 Mexico/ Universal
Canada/ GMT0 NZ W-SU
Chile/ Greenwich NZ-CHAT WET
Cuba HST Navajo Zulu
EET Hongkong PRC leap-seconds.list
EST Iceland PST8PDT posixrules
EST5EDT Indian/ Pacific/
Which timezone are you in? [UTC]
* WARNING: clock skew detected!
* Stopping local ... [ ok ]
* Stopping System Message Bus ... [ ok ]
* Seeding random number generator ...
* Saving 256 bits of creditable seed for next boot [ ok ]
* WARNING: clock skew detected!
* Starting busybox acpid ... [ ok ]
* Starting chronyd ... [ ok ]
* Setting system clock using the hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ]
* Starting busybox syslog ... [ ok ]
* Starting busybox crond ... [ ok ]
* Starting System Message Bus ... [ ok ]
* Starting local ... [ ok ]
Proxy
-------
HTTP/FTP proxy URL? (e.g. 'http://proxy:8080', or 'none') [none]
Network Time Protocol
-----------------------
Sat Jan 1 00:03:24 UTC 2000
Which NTP client to run? ('busybox', 'openntpd', 'chrony' or 'none') [chrony]
* rc-update: chronyd already installed in runlevel `default'; skipping
* WARNING: chronyd has already been started
APK Mirror
------------
(f) Find and use fastest mirror
(s) Show mirrorlist
(r) Use random mirror
(e) Edit /etc/apk/repositories with text editor
(c) Community repo enable
(skip) Skip setting up apk repositories
Enter mirror number or URL: [1]
(f) Find and use fastest mirror
(s) Show mirrorlist
(r) Use random mirror
(e) Edit /etc/apk/repositories with text editor
(c) Community repo enable
(skip) Skip setting up apk repositories
Enter mirror number or URL: [1] skip
User
------
Setup a user? (enter a lower-case loginname, or 'no') [no]
Which ssh server? ('openssh', 'dropbear' or 'none') [openssh]
Allow root ssh login? ('?' for help) [prohibit-password]
Enter ssh key or URL for root (or 'none') [none]
* service sshd added to runlevel default
ssh-keygen: generating new host keys: RSA ECDSA ED25519
* Starting sshd ... [ ok ]
Disk & Install
----------------
Available disks are:
mmcblk2 (15.6 GB )
Which disk(s) would you like to use? (or '?' for help or 'none') [none]
findfs: unable to resolve 'LABEL=APKOVL'
Enter where to store configs ('floppy', 'usb' or 'none') [none]
Enter apk cache directory (or '?' or 'none') [/var/cache/apk]
Test Criteria
Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.
Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.
Test Conclusion
Test successful.
Source: Support Matrix