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Fedora @ Lichee Pi 4A Test Report

System Version

42

Status

GOOD

System Variant

fvf

Last Update

2025-08-13

Fedora 42 LicheePi 4A Test Report

Test Environment

Operating System Information

Hardware Information

  • Lichee Pi 4A (16GB RAM + 128GB eMMC)
  • USB to UART debugger
  • Three DuPont wires
  • microSD card

Installation Steps

Download and Extract Image & U-Boot

Download the images from the download page. Extract files:

gzip -dc Fedora-Minimal-42-20250730014843.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw.gz > Fedora-Minimal-42-20250730014843.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw
❯gzip -dc Fedora-Xfce-42-20250730015659.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw.gz > Fedora-Xfce-42-20250730015659.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw

Download U-Boot from the https://mirror.iscas.ac.cn/fedora-riscv/dl/Sipeed/LicheePi4A/fw/u-boot-with-spl.bin.

Flashing U-Boot using fastboot

Connect LPi4A via USB, hold the BOOT button and press reset (next to Type-C port) to enter USB burning mode.

sudo fastboot flash ram u-boot-with-spl.bin
sudo fastboot reboot
# Wait a few seconds for the board to reboot.
sudo fastboot flash uboot u-boot-with-spl.bin

log:

Projects/riscv/Burn
❯ sudo fastboot flash ram u-boot-with-spl.bin
Sending 'ram' (1069 KB)                            OKAY [  0.286s]
Writing 'ram'                                      OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.294s

Projects/riscv/Burn
❯ sudo fastboot reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.352s

Projects/riscv/Burn
❯ sudo fastboot flash uboot u-boot-with-spl.bin
Sending 'uboot' (1069 KB)                          OKAY [  0.049s]
Writing 'uboot'                                    OKAY [  0.022s]
Finished. Total time: 0.103s

Writing System Image to microSD Card

You can use the dd command or other flash tools like balenaEtcher.

sudo dd if=Fedora-Minimal-42-20250730014843.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1M

Logging into the System

Insert the microSD card into LPi4A and reboot. Use a serial connection to log in; e.g. minicom.

minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0 -c on

Default username: root Default password: riscv

Expected Results

System boots normally and allows login via onboard serial port. If network is connected, SSH login should also work.

Actual Results

System booted successfully and allowed login via serial.

Welcome to the Fedora-V Force disk image
https://www.fedoravforce.org

Build date: Wed Jul 30 02:02:24 UTC 2025

Kernel 6.6.66-g1c6721ec2918-dirty on an riscv64 (ttyS0)

The root password is 'riscv'.
root password logins are disabled in SSH starting Fedora.

If DNS isn’t working, try editing ‘/etc/resolv.conf’ or using 'resolvctl'.

For updates and latest information read:
https://images.fedoravforce.org

Fedora RISC-V
-------------
fedora login: root
Password:

Last failed login: Fri Jun 27 00:06:46 UTC 2025 from 192.168.1.106 on ssh:notty
There were 4 failed login attempts since the last successful login.
Last login: Fri Jun 27 00:02:13 on tty1
[root@fedora ~]# uname -a
Linux fedora 6.6.66-g1c6721ec2918-dirty #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 16 20:49:59 CST 2025 riscv64 GNU/Linux
[root@fedora ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION="42 (Adams Prerelease)"
RELEASE_TYPE=development
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=42
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f42"
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 42 (Adams Prerelease)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42"
DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="fedora"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f42/system-administrators-guide/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=42
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=42
SUPPORT_END=2026-05-13
[root@fedora ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
hart            : 0
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_xtheadvector
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : thead,c910
mvendorid       : 0x5b7
marchid         : 0x0
mimpid          : 0x0

processor       : 1
hart            : 1
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_xtheadvector
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : thead,c910
mvendorid       : 0x5b7
marchid         : 0x0
mimpid          : 0x0

processor       : 2
hart            : 2
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_xtheadvector
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : thead,c910
mvendorid       : 0x5b7
marchid         : 0x0
mimpid          : 0x0

processor       : 3
hart            : 3
isa             : rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_xtheadvector
mmu             : sv39
uarch           : thead,c910
mvendorid       : 0x5b7
marchid         : 0x0
mimpid          : 0x0

Desktop Environment

The Fedora-V Force Images release includes an Xfce desktop image. Simply write it to the microSD card to use it.

sudo dd if=Fedora-Xfce-42-20250730015659.riscv64.Xuantie-TH1520.Sipeed-Lichee-Pi-4A.raw of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1M

Screenshots of Xfce desktop:

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