gyptazy.ch is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Hooray! I was gifted a SiFive Unleashed for my research lab, and wasted no time porting #dlang to OpenBSD/riscv64 by way of GDC:
/home/brian $ uname -a
OpenBSD riscv64.cs.rpi.edu 7.5 GENERIC.MP#26 riscv64
/home/brian $ egdc --version
egdc (GCC) 11.2.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
#OpenBSD #riscv #riscv64 #unix #gcc #compiler #compilers #d #linux #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd
I created some ready-to-use container images for #RV64:
* #Debian Trixie
* #Ubuntu Jammy (22.04)
* Ubuntu Mantic (23.10)
* Ubuntu Noble (24.04)
* #Fedora 39
https://gyptazy.ch/misc/riscv-container-images-for-podman-docker/
#riscv64 #rv #risc #docker #podman #images #containerreg #registry #userland
Need to update Gunther at some point.
#VisionFive2 #RISCV #riscv64 #riscvsbc #raspberrypi #raspberrypi3 #raspberrypi5 #opensourcehardware #sbc #singleboardcomputer
Never worked with #ansible before and I need it for an upcoming project... so I'm using my #VisionFive2 to manage all other #SBC in my home. Even reinstalled my old #raspberrypi 3 with #openSUSE to have a different OS and system in the network xD
The way things look right now I'll have a lot of time on my hands to figure this out...
#RISCV #riscv64 #riscvsbc #ARM #Linux
A: Using my 4x #RV64 #VisionFive2 boards - each board has 8GB. This could lead into a temporary and time limited, dedicated usage of 7-30d.
B: It could be shared across with 7 users by #jails on #FreeBSD. Requires better support in FreeBSD.
C: QEMU emulated instances running on amd64
I’d really like to see rv64 being pushed and it was excactly the reason to get those boards to get more experience on that platform. However, just sharing some ideas - it does not mean that they will be available in the near future (but would be cool if so).
#amd64 offers the best support and is fast.
#arm64 is very efficient and also very fast.
#riscv is amazing & exciting (but slow with my current hw, but I can deal with it)
While amd64 & ARM64 work perfectly fine with #FreeBSD, the #RISCV hardware support (beside #qemu stuff) is still very limited. Currently, #Ubuntu and #OpenBSD work very well there.
This should help all the people that are running on #RV64 hardware (like the #VisionFive2, #MilkV, #LicheePi4A, ...) and also want to run #snac2 as a #ActivityPub instance in the #Fediverse like me.
You can grab it here: https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/files/riscv64/ubuntu/snac/snac_2.49_dev_ubuntu_23.10_riscv64_linux.tgz
- Primary Auth NS & NTP
- Secondary NS & NTP
- Webserver (#manpageblog)
- #snac (#Fediverse server) & #synapse (#Matrix chat server)
- #Tor relay node
mmdebstrap --architectures=riscv64 --aptopt='Acquire::Check-Valid-Until "false"' --include="debian-ports-archive-keyring" sid /srv/riscv64-chroot "deb [trusted=yes] https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20220616T194833Z unstable main"
cp /usr/bin/qemu-riscv64-static /srv/riscv64-chroot/usr/bin/
chroot /srv/riscv64-chroot/ qemu-riscv64-static /bin/bash
Tags:
#risc #riscv #risc64 #riscv64 #starfive #vision #packages #crosscompile #foss
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT-HBSD #0 hardened/current/master-n193382-7d849178809c: Mon Feb 12 19:03:14 UTC 2024
shawn@hbsd-current-01:/usr/obj/usr/src/riscv.riscv64/sys/HARDENEDBSD riscv
@ludovic_dev been playing around with the #VisionFive2 #riscv64 #SBC for a bit now.
Still very excited to see how the architecture and the product offerings for it move forward ^^
@ludovic_dev been playing around with the #VisionFive2 #riscv64 #SBC for a bit now.
Still very excited to see how the architecture and the product offerings for it move forward ^^
I pretty much love the idea of using them for production usage, hope you find some time to proceed on your setup and to share your insights :) keep us updated! Btw, we have a chat in the #BSDCafe:
#riscv64:bsd.cafe
Feel free to join :)
I recompiled #Debian #Bookworm (non snapshot) packages for #RISCV. Currently, there're running 7 nodes with QEMU RISC-V images and one native board. Maybe I should simply switch to experimental but I guess in the current situation many new RISCV users will stay on the bookworm snapshot's which has been used as a default by #StarFive for the #VF2 board.
#risc #riscv #riscv64 #risc64 #risc-v #visionfive #visionfive2 #hardware
So, when it comes to the #StarFive VF2 board I tried to collect some information in general as well as VF2 specific ones. We also have a #RISCV (#risc #risc64 #riscv64) Matrix chat in the #BSDCafe which you can find here:
#RISCV64:bsd.cafe
You can find more to regarding my initial ideas, reasons and information here: https://gyptazy.ch/misc/switching-from-arm64-to-open-riscv-hardware-architecture/
Some #VisionFive (#VisionFive2) specific things like benchmarks, images (collection) or precompiled software like #snac2 (Fediverse instance server), matrix-synapse (Matrix server), #unixbench etc can be found here:
https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/
Keep in mind that not all OS images may work fully and may lack drivers. For my #FreeBSD one for example you can just boot into memory. Debian runs quite well but still needs a custom kernel (do not upgrade the kernel unless you know what you’re doing). Even RISCV is tier 2 level in FreeBSD many things are missing. Pkg completely, ports is a mess. However, you may find QEMU RISCV images to cross-build stuff from your amd64 or ARM64 machine right here: https://gyptazy.ch/misc/freebsd-14-riscv64-build-box-image-for-qemu/
Here you can find a real life test where the board served for a day my whole website (based on #manpageblog) and some other ones:
https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706078460.746773
Btw, here’s a #neofetch output:
https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1707391057.757603
Because I can! For real, it’s an awesome new platform, almost no one is using it for production (because of the limited support (especially currently from an OS perspective), knowledge and performance). However, I’m already running some boards in production, some tests I already shared with you (see also summary) and we saw that it’s easily running my workloads - so why not?
So when speaking about „why not“ my first issue is that it would force me to #Linux #Debian instead of #FreeBSD. It would be the first time since 2008 running personal Linux server instead of BSD based ones. It’s not a knowledge problem, I heavily even contribute to a Debian based distribution as a developer, it’s more an aspect of philosophy.
If you’re interested in #riscv (especially the #starfive #visionfive2 board), see also:
* Fediverse with snac: https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706017043.921341
* Weberserver (testrun for a day): https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706078460.746773
* More details: https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/
* Benchmarks: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4566123
* Docs: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:riscv64
* Chat: We also have a chat for RISC related topics in the BSD cafe. Feel free to join us at: #riscv64:bsd.cafe
Because I can! For real, it’s an awesome new platform, almost no one is using it for production (because of the limited support (especially currently from an OS perspective), knowledge and performance). However, I’m already running some boards in production, some tests I already shared with you (see also summary) and we saw that it’s easily running my workloads - so why not?
So when speaking about „why not“ my first issue is that it would force me to #Linux #Debian instead of #FreeBSD. It would be the first time since 2008 running personal Linux server instead of BSD based ones. It’s not a knowledge problem, I heavily even contribute to a Debian based distribution as a developer, it’s more an aspect of philosophy.
If you’re interested in #riscv (especially the #starfive #visionfive2 board), see also:
* Fediverse with snac: https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706017043.921341
* Weberserver (testrun for a day): https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706078460.746773
* More details: https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/
* Benchmarks: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4566123
* Docs: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:riscv64
* Chat: We also have a chat for RISC related topics in the BSD cafe. Feel free to join us at: #riscv64:bsd.cafe
Because I can! For real, it’s an awesome new platform, almost no one is using it for production (because of the limited support (especially currently from an OS perspective), knowledge and performance). However, I’m already running some boards in production, some tests I already shared with you (see also summary) and we saw that it’s easily running my workloads - so why not?
So when speaking about „why not“ my first issue is that it would force me to #Linux #Debian instead of #FreeBSD. It would be the first time since 2008 running personal Linux server instead of BSD based ones. It’s not a knowledge problem, I heavily even contribute to a Debian based distribution as a developer, it’s more an aspect of philosophy.
If you’re interested in #riscv (especially the #starfive #visionfive2 board), see also:
* Fediverse with snac: https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706017043.921341
* Weberserver (testrun for a day): https://gyptazy.ch/snac/gyptazy/p/1706078460.746773
* More details: https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/
* Benchmarks: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4566123
* Docs: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:riscv64
* Chat: We also have a chat for RISC related topics in the BSD cafe. Feel free to join us at: #riscv64:bsd.cafe
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:riscv64/quarterly, please wait...
pkg: Error fetching http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:riscv64/quarterly/Latest/pkg.txz: Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
With just a hand full of people no problem but keep in mind, that everything is unencrypted - maybe it’s better to use a self-signed cert with a long lifetime, better then unencrypted. Just as a note/hint.
https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/