openKylin Lichee Cluster 4A Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

System Version: openKylin 2.0 alpha
Download Link: https://www.openkylin.top/downloads/index-cn.html
Reference Installation Documentation: https://docs.openkylin.top/zh/%E7%A4%BE%E5%8C%BA%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97/riscv%E4%B8%8A%E5%AE%89%E8%A3%85openKylin

Hardware Information

Lichee Cluster 4A 8G / 16G
DC 12V Power Supply
USB-A to A
- or LPi4A baseboard
Network and Ethernet cable (ensure connection to BMC instead of a switch)

Installation Steps

The following steps are based on flashing to the first board of the cluster.

Connect the Corresponding SOM

Use an A to A cable to connect the SOM.

Flashing the Bootloader

Extract the installation kit. Navigate to the directory of the fastboot tool. Flash u-boot and boot.

tar -xvf openKylin-2.0-alpha-licheepi4a.tar.xz
cd openkylin-2.0-alpha-licheepi4a/fastboot/linux
sudo ./fastboot flash ram ../../images/$(ram_size)/u-boot-nonsec-2020.10-r0-noswap.bin
sudo ./fastboot reboot
sudo ./fastboot flash uboot ../../images/$(ram_size)/u-boot-nonsec-2020.10-r0-noswap.bin
sudo ./fastboot flash boot ../../images/$(ram_size)/boot.ext4

Flashing the Image

Flash the root partition into the eMMC.

sudo ./fastboot flash root ../../images/openkylin-2.0-alpha-licheepi4a-riscv64.ext4

Logging into the System

BMC default username: root

BMC default password: 0penBmc Note that it is 0, not O

Connect with ssh -p 2301 root@lichee-rv.local

Default username: openkylin Default password: openkylin

Common Issues

If USB is not working, it may require patching the Linux device tree. Download the patch

If you prefer not to compile the dtb manually, you can extract the dtb (light-lpi4a.dtb) from the pre-compiled image and replace the corresponding file under boot.

Expected Results

The system starts successfully and allows login via SOL (Serial Over LAN).

Actual Results

The system starts successfully and allows login via SOL (Serial Over LAN).

Boot Log

Screen recording (from flashing the system to startup):

openKylin 2.0 openkylin ttyS0

openkylin login: openkylin
输入密码
Welcome to openKylin 2.0 (GNU/Linux 5.10.113-yocto-standard riscv64)

 * Support:        https://openkylin.top

The programs included with the openKylin system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

openKylin comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

openkylin@openkylin:~$ uname -a
Linux openkylin 5.10.113-yocto-standard #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 26 12:49:40 UTC 2023 riscv64 riscv64 riscv64 GNU/Linux
openkylin@openkylin:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="openKylin"
FULL_NAME="openKylin"
VERSION="2.0 (nile)"
VERSION_US="2.0 (nile)"
ID=openkylin
PRETTY_NAME="openKylin 2.0"
VERSION_ID="2.0"
HOME_URL="https://www.openkylin.top/"
VERSION_CODENAME=nile
PRODUCT_FEATURES=3
openkylin@openkylin:~$

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.

Test Conclusion

Test successful.

System Version

Status

Last Update