Image Builder for Archlinux on an Allwinner D1 / Sipeed Lichee RV

These scripts compile, copy, bake, unpack and flash a ready to use RISC-V Archlinux.
With "ready to use" i mean that it boots, you still need to configure everything!

Special thanks to smaeul for all their work!

Find a precompiled image under the Actions artifacts.

Also have a look at the forks that have emerged over time or similar projects like a make file based approch.

Components

• Boot0 based on https://github.com/smaeul/sun20i_d1_spl
• OpenSBI based on https://github.com/smaeul/opensbi
• U-Boot based on https://github.com/smaeul/u-boot.git
• Kernel based on https://github.com/smaeul/linux
• WiFi driver (rtl8723ds) based on https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723ds
• RootFS based on https://archriscv.felixc.at (root password is sifive)

How to build

1. Install requirements: pacman -Sy riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc swig cpio python3 python-setuptools base-devel bc
2. Run 1_compile.sh which compiles everything into the output folder.
3. Run 2_create_sd.sh /dev/<device> to flash everything on the SD card.
4. Configure your Archlinux :rocket:

Using loop image file instead of a SD card

Simply loop it using sudo losetup -f -P <file> and then use /dev/loopX as the target device.

Notes

The second script requires arch-install-scripts, qemu-user-static-bin (AUR) and binfmt-qemu-static (AUR) for an architectural chroot. If you don't want to use/do this, change USE_CHROOT to 0 in consts.sh.
Keep in mind, that this is just a extracted rootfs with no configuration. You probably want to update the system, install an editor and take care of network access/ssh

Some commits are pinned, this means that in the future this script might stop working since often a git HEAD is checked out. This is intentional.

The second script uses sudo for root access. Like any random script from a random stranger from the internet, have a look at the code first and use at own risk!

Things are rebuild whenever the corresponding output/<file> is missing. For example, the kernel is rebuilt when there is no Image file.

Status

14.06.2022

• kernel updated to 5.19-rc1
• added initramfs support (untested)
• added extlinux support

22.04.2022

• kernel includes modules for USB LAN adapter
• swap is enabled

09.04.2022

• HDMI, tested with LXDE/LXDM

07.04.2022

• WiFi \o/

06.04.2022

• Kernel is based on 5.18-rc1
• WiFi driver fails to build (linking error :feelsbadman:)
• Both kernel and U-Boot are using nezha_defconfig since i found them more reliable
  • With the licheerv_linux_defconfig from here the kernel fails to find the sd card (or its partitions? not sure what exactly goes wrong)
• HDMI is not working (at least on the one screen i've tested it)

Problems

06.04.2022

• ~no WiFi!~
• ~No HDMI (though, i'm unsure about the state of HDMI support in general)~