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</syntaxhighlight>It is recommended to [[RISC-V#Binary cache|configure third-party binary caches]] to speed up build times.

== Tips and tricks ==

= Tips and tricks =

=== Using the Visionfive 2 as a remote builder to build native RISCV packages for e.g. the Visionfive 2 ===

== Using the Visionfive 2 as a remote builder to build native RISCV packages for e.g. the Visionfive 2 ==

Building an NixOS system image that can be flashed to an SD card or NVMe SSD requires to '''build RISCV binaries''', more specifically for the <code>"riscv64-linux"</code>platform. From a typical Intel/AMD computer we can either

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# '''flash that resulting image onto an SD card''' or NVMe SSD using a call similar to <code>zstdcat result/sd-image/nixos-sd-image-23.11.20230703.ea4c80b-riscv64-linux.img.zst | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=100M status=progress</code> and place that card into the Visionfive 2.

=== Deploy and Update the Visionfive 2 NixOS system once it's running NixOS ===

== Deploy and Update the Visionfive 2 NixOS system once it's running NixOS ==

Once the Visionfive 2 is running NixOS, you can update it with newer NixOS system configurations using e.g. the usual <code>nix-rebuild</code>

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See [https://nixcademy.com/2023/08/10/nixos-rebuild-remote-deployment/ this guide] for a good explanation of this terminal call.

== See also ==

= See also =

* There's also a port of the UEFI reference implementation EDK2 available at https://github.com/starfive-tech/edk2 to support a future generic RISCV Linux image that can be booted from any RISCV device.

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 </syntaxhighlight>It is recommended to [[RISC-V#Binary cache|configure third-party binary caches]] to speed up build times.
-== Tips and tricks ==
+= Tips and tricks =
-=== Using the Visionfive 2 as a remote builder to build native RISCV packages for e.g. the Visionfive 2 ===
+== Using the Visionfive 2 as a remote builder to build native RISCV packages for e.g. the Visionfive 2 ==
 Building an NixOS system image that can be flashed to an SD card or NVMe SSD requires to '''build RISCV binaries''', more specifically for the <code>"riscv64-linux"</code>platform. From a typical Intel/AMD computer we can either
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 # '''flash that resulting image onto an SD card''' or NVMe SSD using a call similar to <code>zstdcat result/sd-image/nixos-sd-image-23.11.20230703.ea4c80b-riscv64-linux.img.zst | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=100M status=progress</code> and place that card into the Visionfive 2.
-=== Deploy and Update the Visionfive 2 NixOS system once it's running NixOS ===
+== Deploy and Update the Visionfive 2 NixOS system once it's running NixOS ==
 Once the Visionfive 2 is running NixOS, you can update it with newer NixOS system configurations using e.g. the usual   <code>nix-rebuild</code>
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 See [https://nixcademy.com/2023/08/10/nixos-rebuild-remote-deployment/ this guide] for a good explanation of this terminal call.
-== See also ==
+= See also =
 * There's also a port of the UEFI reference implementation EDK2 available at https://github.com/starfive-tech/edk2 to support a future generic RISCV Linux image that can be booted from any RISCV device.