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| == Status == | | == Status == |
| NixOS runs well on the Visionfive 2 with the current <code>nixos-hardware</code> module https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/starfive/visionfive/v2 (used in the example below); this module bundles an older StarFive custom Linux kernel https://github.com/starfive-tech/linux and its custom firmware for the time being.
| | See https://rvspace.org/en/project/JH7110_Upstream_Plan for an overview of which features are already supported by the latest mainline kernel used by NixOS. |
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| However, this setup needs to be '''updated, build and tested separately''' from the other NixOS Linux kernel variations, '''which is a large, unmaintainable burden for the NixOS community''' when the VisionFive 2 board is not the only supported SoC; so we don't want that.
| | Please note that HDMI display patches haven't been merged yet. |
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| Instead '''we just want to maintain the generic, mainline "upstream" Linux kernel''' for all RISCV baords.
| | 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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| Luckily, the Visionfive 2 developers have pushed their Linux kernel patches quite early to the upstream mainline kernel and have gotten almost all merged already.
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| '''See https://rvspace.org/en/project/JH7110_Upstream_Plan for an overview of what device is supported in which Linux kernel version.'''
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| NixOS (more precisely nixpkgs) already has the generic '''Linux kernel 6.9 available, which supports almost everything you need out of the box''' (for a server as HDMI display patches haven't been merged into 6.9). This means NixOS should be able to run without a custom kernel once https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/pull/958 is merged.
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| Also the NixOS version of the popular boot-loader [https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot U-Boot], used by this board, has already received all required patches to fully support this board out-of-the-box.
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| There's even 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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| = Building a SD-card image = | | = Building a SD-card image = |
