Program Updates:
Arch Linux
The RFC for Arch Linux Ports got merged: https://rfc.archlinux.page/0032-arch-linux-ports/
GCC 14 finished and LLVM 18 is coming.
Debian
testing is coming
Fedora
Focus on Rawhide/F41[90%] for upstreaming
F39: [99%] srpm[stop]
F40: in the mass rebuilds[90%] srpm[buiding]
Fedora Image for Milk-V Pioneer (edk2+grub)
Spacemit K1 Image is on the way
ROMA laptop Image is on the way
SUSE
Still working on MILK-V Pioneer
Have the ROMA laptop and booting from
Firmware does not have a framebuffer, and a bit stuck
Trying to establish a technical contact to the vendor
Carl thinks he knows how to make the framebuffer work on the StarFive JH7110 chip, and possibly the TH1520 as well. Starting a thread on the mailing list to make this information public for others (and try and get some help)
oreboot
Back on JH7110, got Linux 6.9 to boot mostly https://mastodon.social/@CyReVolt/112447315180994844
Linux 6.9 has the patches now for handling unaligned access 🥳
ethernet, NOR flash, temp sensor not working yet; maybe just config
Note: ethernet works when booting from oreboot into U-Boot
Heinrich asked for oreboot on the VF2; this is all WIP, for anyone curious
Got a bunch of SG200x boards now from Milk-V and Sipeed LicheeRV Nano
Added boot mode buttons to the Duo and Duo 256M IO boards
Full DRAM init on SG2000 + sbitest
Dumped mask ROMs of SG200x (both Arm and RISC-V) and CV1800B
Reversed greater parts so far, looking quite decent https://mastodon.social/@CyReVolt/112394702680820588
First one to publicly run code on the Arm core https://mastodon.social/@CyReVolt/112417217237418712
Boot logs https://gist.github.com/orangecms/6df06421cace3d8d1644de583983b826
Firmware
We have an open tool now to recover / flash from scratch the JH7110 boards https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/22#issuecomment-1908676618
Based on U-Boot SPL + OpenSBI + U-Boot all running in RAM
Quite slow, needs more than 5 minutes just to get into U-Boot
What’s cool?:
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/07/256-core-risc-v-megacluster/ - 256-Core RISC-V Megacluster
https://www.phoronix.com/review/scaleway-risc-v-cloud - Scaleway managing 672 servers in a 52U rack
https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/05/13/linux-6-9-release-main-changes-arm-risc-v-and-mips-architectures/ - Plenty of great updates for RISC-V chips
Official BPI-F2 wiki with purchase links at the bottom: https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-F3
Amazon purchase link via youyeetoo: https://www.amazon.com/youyeetoo-Banana-BPI-F3-Alternatives-Applications/dp/B0D3PY5BCY