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System Version

23

Status

basic

Last Update

2024-06-21

Deepin VisionFive 2 Test Report

Test Environment

Operating System Information

Hardware Information

  • StarFive VisionFive 2
  • A USB power adapter
  • A USB-A to C or C to C cable
  • A microSD card
  • A USB to UART debugger (e.g., CH340, CH341, FT2232, etc.)
  • Three Dupont wires

Installation Steps

Decompress and Flash Image to microSD Card

Assuming /dev/sda is the storage card.

tar -xvf deepin-23-beige-preview-riscv64-visionfive2-20240613-125619.tar.xz
sudo dd if=deepin-visionfive2-riscv64-stable-desktop-installer.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M status=progress

Issue: Kernel panic

If you see something like:

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

A fix in the boot file is needed.

Run sudo blkid on your machine, you shall see something like:

/dev/sda4: LABEL="root" UUID="4c4bc538-15f7-4687-8509-d02d23d09b15" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="a8a69a6c-a25e-4d7a-939c-f539566a1fdd"
/dev/sda2: PARTLABEL="uboot" PARTUUID="f8dee89e-c53b-48ef-bb3f-ff25b8a25cbf"
/dev/sda3: UUID="847A-3FD4" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="image" PARTUUID="d1acffb2-3c52-4b50-a25e-63330675c57f"
/dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="spl" PARTUUID="a4afe21c-10a5-4111-a88e-639128d69b2c"

Remember the PARTUUID of the fourth partition. Like in the log above, it’s PARTUUID="a8a69a6c-a25e-4d7a-939c-f539566a1fdd"

Mount the third partition of the SD card and change the extlinux/extlinux.conf, you should replace the root=LABEL=root to root=PARTUUID=$(your partuuid)

Umount and reboot on the board, now you should boot up normally.

Boot Mode Selection

StarFive VisionFive 2 offers multiple boot modes, configurable via onboard DIP switches before powering on. The board itself also has silk-screen labels.

To boot the original Debian image, select the 1-bit QSPI Nor Flash mode (i.e., RGPIO_0 = 0, RGPIO_1 = 0). Note that this mode may require updating the firmware in the Flash beforehand. If the boot is unsuccessful, please refer to the official documentation for firmware upgrade details: Updating SPL and U-Boot

If not updating the firmware, choose the microSD card boot mode (i.e., RGPIO_0 = 1, RGPIO_1 = 0).

Note: There is a slight chance that the system may fail to boot in this mode. If boot failure occurs, the serial output might resemble the following:

dwmci_s: Response Timeout.                                                                                            
dwmci_s: Response Timeout.                                                                                            
BOOT fail,Error is 0xffffffff

You can try repowering the development board or pressing the button near the USB Type-C power port. This usually resolves the boot issue.

Logging into the System

Log into the system via the serial port.

Default username: root Default password: deepin

Expected Results

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

Actual Results

Need to manually tweak the boot config to boot.

The system booted up successfully, and login via the serial port was successful.

Boot Log

Deepin GNU/Linux 23 deepin-riscv64-visionfive2 ttyS0

deepin-riscv64-visionfive2 login: root
Password:
Verification successful
Linux deepin-riscv64-visionfive2 6.6.20-visionfive2-66y #1 SMP Tue May 28 03:46:53 UTC 2024 riscv64
Welcome to Deepin 23 GNU/Linux

    * Homepage:https://www.deepin.org/

    * Bugreport:https://bbs.deepin.org/


root@deepin-riscv64-visionfive2:~# uname -a
Linux deepin-riscv64-visionfive2 6.6.20-visionfive2-66y #1 SMP Tue May 28 03:46:53 UTC 2024 riscv64 GNU/Linux
root@deepin-riscv64-visionfive2:~# cat /etc/os
os-release  os-version  ostree/     
root@deepin-riscv64-visionfive2:~# cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Deepin 23"
NAME="Deepin"
VERSION_ID="23"
VERSION="23"
ID=Deepin
HOME_URL="https://www.deepin.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bbs.deepin.org"
VERSION_CODENAME=beige

Screen recording (from flashing the image to system login): asciicast

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

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

Test Conclusion

Test partially successful.

Source: Support Matrix