Armbian Bit-Brick K1 Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

System Version: Armbian 25.2.1 Noble Minimal / IOT
Download Links: https://www.armbian.com/bananapi-f3/

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 -kd Armbian_25.2.1_Bananapif3_noble_current_6.6.76_minimal.img.xz 
sudo dd if=Armbian_25.2.1_Bananapif3_noble_current_6.6.76_minimal.img of=/dev/<your-device> bs=1M status=progress

Warning

This image loads bpi-f3’s device tree file by default, which may cause some peripherals to be unusable, please modify the file /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf in the image after flashing.

label Armbian
  kernel /boot/Image
  initrd /boot/uInitrd
  fdt /boot/dtb/spacemit/k1-x_bit-brick.dtb
  append root=UUID=eee55a77-fdd4-44a3-bbb9-07c346297d0c earlycon=sbi console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 clk_ignore_unused rw no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles

Logging into the System

Logging into the system via the serial port.

At the first boot, Armbian will ask to create a user and password, set the time zone, etc.

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

    _             _    _           
   /_\  _ _ _ __ | |__(_)__ _ _ _  
  / _ \| '_| '  \| '_ \ / _` | ' \ 
 /_/ \_\_| |_|_|_|_.__/_\__,_|_||_|
                                   
 v25.2.1 for BananaPi BPI-F3 running Armbian Linux 6.6.76-current-spacemit

 Packages:     Ubuntu stable (noble)
 Support:      DIY (community maintained)
 IP addresses: (LAN) IPv4:  IPv6:  
 Performance:  

 Load:         7%               Up time:       2 min
 Memory usage: 2% of 7.65G  
 CPU temp:     31°C              Usage of /:   4% of 29G    

 Commands: 

 Configuration : armbian-config
 Monitoring    : htop

root@bananapif3:~# uname -a
Linux bananapif3 6.6.76-current-spacemit #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Feb  8 16:27:57 UTC 2025 riscv64 riscv64 riscv64 GNU/Linux
root@bananapif3:~# cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 25.2.1 noble"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.armbian.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.armbian.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.armbian.com"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO="armbian-logo"
ARMBIAN_PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 25.2.1 noble"
root@bananapif3:~# 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

root@bananapif3:~# cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model 
spacemit k1-x bit-brick board

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

System Variant

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