Alpine Bit-Brick K1 Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

Download Link: https://dev.alpinelinux.org/~mps/riscv64/
Reference Installation Document: https://arvanta.net/alpine/alpine-on-spacemit/

Hardware Information

BIT-BRICK K1
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 -d spacemit-mmc.img
dd if=spacemit-mmc.img of=/dev/sdX

Add Device Tree

Download the Bianbu image. Extract its k1-x_bit-brick.dtb file,and place it in /dtbs-spacemit/spacemit/.

unzip bianbu-24.04-desktop-k1-v2.1.1-release-20250305144026.img.zip
sudo losetup -fP --show bianbu-24.04-desktop-k1-v2.1.1-release-20250305144026.img
sudo mount /dev/loop0p5 /mnt
sudo cp /mnt/spacemit/6.6.63/k1-x_bit-brick.dtb ./

sudo umount /mnt
sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0

sudo mount /dev/<your-device>1 /mnt
sudo mv ./k1-x_bit-brick.dtb /mnt/dtbs-spacemit/spacemit/

Setup extlinux.conf

Modify the /extlinux/extlinux.conf file

menu title Alpine Spacemit
timeout 5
default bit-brick

label bit-brick
	menu label Alpine bit-brick_k1
	kernel /vmlinuz-spacemit
	initrd /initramfs-spacemit
	fdt /dtbs-spacemit/spacemit/k1-x_bit-brick.dtb
	append earlycon=sbi rw root=UUID=91802200-5d3a-41e8-9c6e-75b561426035 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 clk_ignore_unused swiotlb=65536

Logging into the System

Logging into the system via the serial port.

Show: [press ENTER to login] tap the enter to login root user

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


Welcome to Alpine Linux 3.21
Kernel 6.6.53-1-spacemit on an riscv64 (ttyS0)

localhost login: root (automatic login)

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

You may change this message by editing /etc/motd.

localhost:~# cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model
spacemit k1-x bit-brick boardlocalhost:~# 
localhost:~# uname -a
Linux localhost 6.6.53-1-spacemit #2-Alpine SMP 2024-11-16 07:35:39 riscv64 Linux
localhost:~# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.21.0
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.21"
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
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
uarch           : spacemit,x60
mvendorid       : 0x710
marchid         : 0x8000000058000001
mimpid          : 0x1000000049772200

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

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