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.
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