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System Version

Not specified

Status

basic

Last Update

2024-06-21

OpenWRT SnapShot VisionFive Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

Hardware Information

  • StarFive VisionFive
  • Power Adapter
  • A microSD Card
  • USB to UART Debugger

Installation Steps

Flashing Image

Use gzip to decompress the image. Use dd to flash the image to the microSD card.

wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/starfive/generic/openwrt-starfive-generic-visionfive-v1-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
gzip -d /path/to/openwrt.img.gz
sudo dd if=/path/to/openwrt.img of=/dev/your-device bs=1M status=progress

Updating/Booting Bootloader

If u-boot fails to boot and enters the command line, u-boot needs to be updated (see: (pr 31) [https://github.com/starfive-tech/u-boot/pull/31]):

Official Documentation: https://starfivetech.com/uploads/VisionFive%20Single%20Board%20Computer%20Quick%20Start%20Guide.pdf

U-Boot Download: https://github.com/starfive-tech/Fedora_on_StarFive/releases

Or manually enter the following commands to boot the system:

fatload mmc 0:3 0x84000000 Image
fatload mmc 0:3 0x88000000 dtb
setenv bootargs "earlyprintk console=ttyS0,115200 debug rootwait earlycon=sbi root=/dev/mmcblk0p4"
booti 0x84000000 - 0x88000000

Logging into the System

Log into the system via the serial port.

The default is no password, auto login as root.

Expected Results

The system should boot normally and allow login via the onboard serial port.

Actual Results

The system booted successfully and login via the onboard serial port was also successful.

Boot Log

Screen recording (From flashing the image to logging into the system):

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BusyBox v1.36.1 (2024-03-25 10:02:16 UTC) built-in shell (ash)

  _______                     ________        __
 |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
 |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
 |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
 -----------------------------------------------------
 OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r25661-bf4c04a4d0
 -----------------------------------------------------
=== WARNING! =====================================
There is no root password defined on this device!
Use the "passwd" command to set up a new password
in order to prevent unauthorized SSH logins.
--------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:/# [   16.898199] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[   16.912314] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: PHY [stmmac-0:00] driver [YT8521 Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)
[   16.932602] dwmac1000: Master AXI performs fixed burst length
[   16.938387] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: No Safety Features support found
[   16.946043] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: No MAC Management Counters available
[   16.954027] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported
[   16.962864] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: registered PTP clock
[   16.969491] starfive-dwmac 10020000.ethernet eth0: configuring for phy/rgmii-txid link mode
[   16.980763] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[   16.986006] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[   16.991454] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode

root@OpenWrt:/# uname -a
Linux OpenWrt 6.1.82 #0 SMP Mon Mar 25 10:02:16 2024 riscv64 GNU/Linux
root@OpenWrt:/# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="OpenWrt"
VERSION="SNAPSHOT"
ID="openwrt"
ID_LIKE="lede openwrt"
PRETTY_NAME="OpenWrt SNAPSHOT"
VERSION_ID="snapshot"
HOME_URL="https://openwrt.org/"
BUG_URL="https://bugs.openwrt.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.openwrt.org/"
BUILD_ID="r25661-bf4c04a4d0"
OPENWRT_BOARD="starfive/generic"
OPENWRT_ARCH="riscv64_riscv64"
OPENWRT_TAINTS=""
OPENWRT_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER="OpenWrt"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER_URL="https://openwrt.org/"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_PRODUCT="Generic"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_REVISION="v0"
OPENWRT_RELEASE="OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r25661-bf4c04a4d0"

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