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Alpine @ Milk-V Mars Test Report

System Version

3.20.0_alpha20231219 (edge)

Status

BASIC

Last Update

2025-05-16

Alpine Milk-V Mars Test Report

Test Environment

Operating System Information

Hardware Information

  • Milk-V Mars (8GB RAM)
  • A USB power adapter and A USB-A to C or C to C cable
  • A microSD card
  • A USB to UART debugger (e.g., CH340, CH341, FT2232, etc.)

Installation Steps

Decompress and Flash Image to microSD Card

Use xz to decompress the image, and then use dd command or balenaEtcher software to flash the image to the microSD card. (Assuming /dev/sdc is the microSD card device)

wget https://dev.alpinelinux.org/~mps/riscv64/visionfive-v2-mmc.img.xz

xz -d visionfive-v2-mmc.img.xz

sudo dd if=visionfive-v2-mmc.img of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress

sync

Logging into the System

Log into the system via the serial port.

Default username: root (automatic login), without password.

Expected Results

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

Actual Results

The system starts normally and the output is successfully viewed through the serial port.

Boot Log

Welcome to Alpine Linux 3.20.0_alpha20231219 (edge)
Kernel 6.7.4-0-starfive on an riscv64 (ttyS0)

[press ENTER to login]
localhost login: root (automatic login)

Welcome to Alpine!

The Alpine Wiki contains a large amount of how-to guides and general
information about administrating Alpine systems.
See <https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/>.

You can setup the system with the command: setup-alpine

You may change this message by editing /etc/motd.

localhost:~# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.20.0_alpha20231219
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux edge"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues"

localhost:~# uname -a
Linux localhost 6.7.4-0-starfive #1-Alpine SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:21:03 +0000 riscv64 Linux

localhost:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
hart            : 1
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : sifive,u74-mc
mvendorid       : 0x489
marchid         : 0x8000000000000007
mimpid          : 0x4210427
hart isa        : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb

processor       : 1
hart            : 2
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : sifive,u74-mc
mvendorid       : 0x489
marchid         : 0x8000000000000007
mimpid          : 0x4210427
hart isa        : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb

processor       : 2
hart            : 3
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : sifive,u74-mc
mvendorid       : 0x489
marchid         : 0x8000000000000007
mimpid          : 0x4210427
hart isa        : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb

processor       : 3
hart            : 4
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : sifive,u74-mc
mvendorid       : 0x489
marchid         : 0x8000000000000007
mimpid          : 0x4210427
hart isa        : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb

localhost:~#

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

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

Test Conclusion

Test successful.

Source: Support Matrix