FreeBSD VisionFive 2 Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

System Version: 14.3-RELEASE
Source code Link: https://github.com/robn/freebsd-vf2
Reference Installation Document: https://github.com/robn/freebsd-vf2

Hardware Information

StarFive VisionFive 2
Power Adapter
A microSD Card
A USB to UART Debugger

Installation Steps

Flashing the Installation Image

The following building steps needs to be done inside a FreeBSD environment:

git clone https://github.com/robn/freebsd-vf2.git
cd freebsd-vf2
BASE_URL=https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ BASE_IMAGE=FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-riscv-riscv64-GENERICSD.img ./mkvf2img.sh

Flash the generated vf2.img to SD card:

dd if=vf2.img of=/dev/your/device status=progress

Booting the System

Insert the microSD card, connect the serial port, and use 1-bit QSPI Nor Flash mode (i.e. RGPIO_0 = 0, RGPIO_1 = 0) to boot.

Manually interrupt the u-boot process and input the boot command:

fatload mmc 1:1 0x48000000 dtb/starfive/starfive_visionfive2.dtb
fatload mmc 1:1 0x44000000 efi/boot/bootriscv64.efi
bootefi 0x44000000 0x48000000

Upon seeing Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt in the serial console, press any key other than Enter for the FreeBSD stage 3 bootloader prompt.

Load the rootfs:

load geom_uzip
load -t md_image /root.img.uzip
set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0.uzip"
boot

Logging into the System

Log into the system via the serial port.

Username: root

Password: root

Expected Results

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

Actual Results

The system booted successfully, but fails to handle any keyboard input with sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error, rendering the system unusable.

Boot Log

Using DTB provided by EFI at 0x47f00000.
Kernel entry at 0xbe20002e...
Kernel args: (null)
clk u2_dw_i2c_clk_core already disabled
clk u2_dw_i2c_clk_apb already disabled
clk u5_dw_i2c_clk_core already disabled
clk u5_dw_i2c_clk_apb already disabled
---<<BOOT>>---
Copyright (c) 1992-2023 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE releng/14.3-n271432-8c9ce319fef7 GENERIC riscv
FreeBSD clang version 19.1.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-19.1.7-0-gcd708029e0b2)
VT: init without driver.
SBI: OpenSBI v1.2
SBI Specification Version: 1.0
CPU 0  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 1)
  marchid=0x8000000000000007, mimpid=0x4210427
  MMU: 0x1<Sv39>
  ISA: 0x112d<Atomic,Compressed,Double,Float,Mult/Div>
  S-mode Extensions: 0
real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3384913920 (3228 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
CPU 1  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 2)
CPU 2  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 3)
CPU 3  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 4)
arc4random: WARNING: initial seeding bypassed the cryptographic random device because it was not yet seeded and the knob 'bypass_before_seeding' was enabled.
random: entropy device external interface
kbd0 at kbdmux0
ofwbus0: <Open Firmware Device Tree>
simplebus0: <Flattened device tree simple bus> on ofwbus0
simple_mfd0: <Simple MFD (Multi-Functions Device)> mem 0x13030000-0x13030fff on simplebus0
sbi0: <RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface>
intc0: <RISC-V Local Interrupt Controller> on ofwbus0
sbi_ipi0: <RISC-V SBI Inter-Processor Interrupts> on sbi0
plic0: <RISC-V PLIC> mem 0xc000000-0xfffffff irq 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 on simplebus0
timer0: <RISC-V Timer>
Timecounter "RISC-V Timecounter" frequency 4000000 Hz quality 1000
Event timer "RISC-V Eventtimer" frequency 4000000 Hz quality 1000
rcons0: <RISC-V console>
cpulist0: <Open Firmware CPU Group> on ofwbus0
cpu0: <Open Firmware CPU> on cpulist0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
md0: Preloaded image </root.img.uzip> 792980992 bytes at 0xffffffc000c154c8
usb_needs_explore_all: no devclass
sbi_ipi0: using for IPIs
Release APs
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0.uzip []...
random: unblocking device.
Warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately
Setting hostuuid: 31374656-3031-3142-2d32-3331302d4430.
Setting hostid: 0x4c42e45b.
Starting file system checks:
Growing root partition to fill device
unhandled type: UZIP
growfs: requested size 5.9GB is equal to the current filesystem size 5.9GB
eval: cannot create /etc/hostid: Read-only file system
/etc/rc: WARNING: could not store hostuuid in /etc/hostid.
eval: cannot create /etc/machine-id: Read-only file system
/etc/rc: WARNING: could not store hostuuid in /etc/machine-id.
Mounting local filesystems:.
mkdir: /tmp/.diskless.f8e8f030e7c2100f2f6aa5327537c101a08e0482488ed8f9ac5f7ef7725fdaba: Read-only file system
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
Setting hostname: generic.
Setting up harvesting: [CALLOUT],[UMA],[FS_ATIME],SWI,INTERRUPT,NET_NG,[NET_ETHER],NET_TUN,MOUSE,KEYBOARD,ATTACH,CACHED
Feeding entropy: dd: /entropy: Read-only file system
dd: /boot/entropy: Read-only file system
.
lo0: link state changed to UP
Starting Network: lo0.
lo0: flags=1008049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 16384
        options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        groups: lo
        nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
Starting devd.
add host 127.0.0.1: gateway lo0 fib 0: route already in table
add host ::1: gateway lo0 fib 0: route already in table
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
Updating motd:ln: /etc/motd: Read-only file system
.
Updating /var/run/os-release done.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Starting syslogd.
Mounting late filesystems:.
Starting cron.
Generating RSA host key.
Saving key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key" failed: Read-only file system
ssh-keygen: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub: No such file or directory
Generating ECDSA host key.
Saving key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key" failed: Read-only file system
ssh-keygen: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub: No such file or directory
Generating ED25519 host key.
Saving key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" failed: Read-only file system
ssh-keygen: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub: No such file or directory
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
No host key files found
/etc/rc: WARNING: failed precmd routine for sshd
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
mount: /dev/md0.uzip: Read-only file system
rm: /firstboot: Read-only file system

Mon Jun 23 00:46:25 UTC 2025

FreeBSD/riscv (generic) (rcons)

login: sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 114 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 111 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 111 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 116 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 13 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 114 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 111 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 111 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 116 for ext=0x2 func=0x0
sbi_ecall_handler: Invalid error 13 for ext=0x2 func=0x0

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

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

Test Conclusion

Test failed.

System Version

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