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FreeBSD @ VisionFive 2 Test Report

System Version

15.1-BETA1

Status

BASIC

Last Update

2026-05-02

FreeBSD VisionFive 2 Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

Hardware Information

  • StarFive VisionFive 2
  • Power Adapter
  • A microSD Card
  • A USB to UART Debugger

Installation Steps

Flashing the Installation Image

Download and decompress the image

wget https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.1/FreeBSD-15.1-BETA1-riscv-riscv64-GENERICSD.img.xz
unxz FreeBSD-15.1-BETA1-riscv-riscv64-GENERICSD.img.xz

Flash the image to the microSD card.

dd if=FreeBSD-15.1-BETA1-riscv-riscv64-GENERICSD.img of=/dev/your/device status=progress

Booting the System

Insert the microSD card, connect the serial port, and use 1-bit QSPI Nor Flash mode (i.e. RGPIO_0 = 0, RGPIO_1 = 0) to boot.

Manually interrupt the u-boot process and input the boot command:

load mmc 1:3 ${fdt_addr_r} dtb/starfive/jh7110-starfive-visionfive-2-v1.3b.dtb
load mmc 1:3 ${kernel_addr_r} efi/boot/bootriscv64.efi
bootefi ${kernel_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}

Upon seeing Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt in the serial console, press any key other than Enter for the FreeBSD stage 3 bootloader prompt.

Use serial console instead of EFI framebuffer (e2a08ac9ce):

set console="comconsole"
boot

Logging into the System

Log into the system via the serial port.

Username: root

Password: root

Expected Results

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

Actual Results

The system booted successfully and login via the onboard serial port was also successful.

Boot Log

StarFive # bootefi ${kernel_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
** Unable to read file ubootefi.var **
Failed to load EFI variables
Consoles: EFI console
    Reading loader env vars from /efi/freebsd/loader.env
Setting currdev to disk0p3:
FreeBSD/riscv EFI loader, Revision 3.0

   Command line arguments: console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 debug rootwait earlycon=sbi
   Image base: 0xf660e000
   EFI version: 2.80
   EFI Firmware: Das U-Boot (rev 8225.4096)
   Console: ttyS0,115200 (0)
   Load Path: /efi\boot\bootriscv64.efi
   Load Device: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(1)/SD(1)/HD(3,GPT,6272ec00-453e-11f1-a254-0cc47ad8b808,0x4000,0x1b000)
Trying ESP: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(1)/SD(1)/HD(3,GPT,6272ec00-453e-11f1-a254-0cc47ad8b808,0x4000,0x1b000)
Setting currdev to disk0p3:
Trying: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(1)/SD(1)/HD(1,GPT,62713036-453e-11f1-a254-0cc47ad8b808,0x1000,0x1000)
Setting currdev to disk0p1:
Trying: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(1)/SD(1)/HD(2,GPT,6272144b-453e-11f1-a254-0cc47ad8b808,0x2000,0x2000)
Setting currdev to disk0p2:
Trying: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(1)/SD(1)/HD(4,GPT,6273c70d-453e-11f1-a254-0cc47ad8b808,0x1f000,0xddfb000)
Setting currdev to disk0p4:
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf0e000, 0x0
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Loading /boot/device.hints
Loading /boot/loader.conf
Loading /boot/loader.conf.local
Loading kernel...
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x61e92c text=0x1687d4 data=0x118ad8 data=0xf00+0x1e6ce0 0x8+0x1283b8+0x8+0x10d3ea
Loading configured modules...
/boot/kernel/umodem.ko text=0x20c0 text=0x1290 data=0x700+0x4 0x8+0x6900+0x8+0xf04
loading required module 'ucom'
/boot/kernel/ucom.ko text=0x254c text=0x3074 data=0x948+0x858 0x8+0x120a8+0x8+0x16e8
/boot/entropy size=0x1000
/etc/hostid size=0x25

Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 9 seconds...

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK set console="comconsole"
OK boot
Using DTB provided by EFI at 0x47f00000.
Kernel args: (null)
Loading splash ok
Loading shutdown splash ok
EFI framebuffer information:
addr, size     0xfe000000, 0x0
dimensions     0 x 0
stride         0
masks          0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000
clk u0_mipitx_dphy_clk_txesc already disabled
---<<BOOT>>---
Copyright (c) 1992-2025 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 releng/15.1-n283455-58777180c5b0 GENERIC riscv
FreeBSD clang version 19.1.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-19.1.7-0-gcd708029e0b2)
VT(efifb): resolution 0x0
SBI: OpenSBI v1.2
SBI Specification Version: 1.0
CPU 0  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 1)
  marchid=0x8000000000000007, mimpid=0x4210427
  MMU: 0x1<Sv39>
  ISA: 0x112d<Atomic,Compressed,Double,Float,Mult/Div>
  S-mode Extensions: 0
real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 4171530240 (3978 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
CPU 1  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 2)
CPU 2  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 3)
CPU 3  : Vendor=SiFive Core=6/7/P200/X200-Series Processor (Hart 4)
random: unblocking device.
random: entropy device external interface
kbd0 at kbdmux0
ofwbus0: <Open Firmware Device Tree>
simplebus0: <Flattened device tree simple bus> on ofwbus0
starfive_syscon0: <JH7110 STG syscon> mem 0x10240000-0x10240fff on simplebus0
starfive_syscon1: <JH7110 SYS syscon> mem 0x13030000-0x13030fff on simplebus0
jh7110_clk_pll0: <StarFive JH7110 PLL clock generator> mem 0x13030000-0x13030fff on starfive_syscon1
starfive_syscon2: <JH7110 AON syscon> mem 0x17010000-0x17010fff on simplebus0
jh7110_clk_sys0: <StarFive JH7110 SYS clock generator> mem 0x13020000-0x1302ffff on simplebus0
jh7110_aon0: <StarFive JH7110 AON clock generator> mem 0x17000000-0x1700ffff on simplebus0
jh7110_stg0: <StarFive JH7110 STG clock generator> mem 0x10230000-0x1023ffff on simplebus0
sbi0: <RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface>
cpulist0: <Open Firmware CPU Group> on ofwbus0
cpu0: <Open Firmware CPU> on cpulist0
intc0: <RISC-V Local Interrupt Controller> on ofwbus0
sbi_ipi0: <RISC-V SBI Inter-Processor Interrupts> on sbi0
plic0: <RISC-V PLIC> mem 0xc000000-0xfffffff irq 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 on simplebus0
gpio0: <StarFive JH7110 GPIO controller> mem 0x13040000-0x1304ffff irq 44 on simplebus0
gpiobus0: <OFW GPIO bus> on gpio0
timer0: <RISC-V Timer>
Timecounter "RISC-V Timecounter" frequency 4000000 Hz quality 1000
Event timer "RISC-V Eventtimer" frequency 4000000 Hz quality 1000
rcons0: <RISC-V console>
cpufreq_dt0: <Generic cpufreq driver> on cpu0
cpufreq0: <CPU frequency control> on cpu0
cpufreq_dt1: <Generic cpufreq driver> on cpu1
cpufreq1: <CPU frequency control> on cpu1
cpufreq_dt2: <Generic cpufreq driver> on cpu2
cpufreq2: <CPU frequency control> on cpu2
cpufreq_dt3: <Generic cpufreq driver> on cpu3
cpufreq3: <CPU frequency control> on cpu3
uart0: <16550 or compatible> mem 0x10000000-0x1000ffff irq 23 on simplebus0
uart0: console (115384,n,8,1)
gpioc0: <GPIO controller> at pins 0-63 on gpiobus0
starfive_dwmmc0: <Synopsys DesignWare Mobile Storage Host Controller (StarFive)> mem 0x16010000-0x1601ffff irq 48 on simplebus0
starfive_dwmmc0: Hardware version ID is 290a
mmc0: <MMC/SD bus> on starfive_dwmmc0
starfive_dwmmc1: <Synopsys DesignWare Mobile Storage Host Controller (StarFive)> mem 0x16020000-0x1602ffff irq 49 on simplebus0
starfive_dwmmc1: Hardware version ID is 290a
mmc1: <MMC/SD bus> on starfive_dwmmc1
eqos0: <DesignWare EQOS Gigabit Ethernet for JH7110> mem 0x16030000-0x1603ffff irq 50,51,52 on simplebus0
miibus0: <MII bus> on eqos0
mcommphy0: <Motorcomm YT8531 10/100/1000 PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0
mcommphy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
mcommphy1: <Motorcomm YT8531 10/100/1000 PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0
mcommphy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
eqos0: Ethernet address: f2:00:01:57:01:f1
eqos1: <DesignWare EQOS Gigabit Ethernet for JH7110> mem 0x16040000-0x1604ffff irq 53,54,55 on simplebus0
miibus1: <MII bus> on eqos1
mcommphy2: <Motorcomm YT8531 10/100/1000 PHY> PHY 0 on miibus1
mcommphy2:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
mcommphy3: <Motorcomm YT8531 10/100/1000 PHY> PHY 1 on miibus1
mcommphy3:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
eqos1: Ethernet address: f2:00:33:a0:13:07
pcib0: <Starfive JH7110 PCIe controller> mem 0x940000000-0x940ffffff,0x2b000000-0x2b0fffff irq 63 on simplebus0
pcib0: Link up
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib0: route pin 1 for device 0.0 to 67
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 67 at device 0.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib0: route pin 1 for device 0.0 to 68
xhci0: <XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller> irq 68 at device 0.0 on pci1
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
xhci0: xECP capabilities <LEGACY,PROTO,PROTO,DEBUG>
usbus0 on xhci0
pcib2: <Starfive JH7110 PCIe controller> mem 0x9c0000000-0x9c0ffffff,0x2c000000-0x2c0fffff irq 64 on simplebus0
pcib2: Cannot establish data link
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
mmc0: No compatible cards found on bus
ugen0.1: <(0x1106) XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <(0x1106) XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
mmcsd0: 128GB <SDHC SR128 8.6 SN 40CC4673 MFG 12/2024 by 3 SD> at mmc1 50.0MHz/4bit/1016-block
sbi_ipi0: using for IPIs
Release APs
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs [rw]...
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
Warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set accurately
uhub0: 5 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ugen0.2: <vendor 0x2109 USB2.0 Hub> at usbus0
uhub1 on uhub0
uhub1: <vendor 0x2109 USB2.0 Hub, class 9/0, rev 2.10/4.20, addr 1> on usbus0
Waiting 30s for the root mount holders: usbus0uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Setting hostuuid: 31374656-3031-3142-2d32-3331302d4430.
Setting hostid: 0x4c42e45b.
Starting file system checks:
/dev/ufs/rootfs: 28193 files, 652595 used, 27528436 free (124 frags, 3441039 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
Mounting local filesystems:.
Setting up harvesting: RANDOMDEV,[CALLOUT],[UMA],[FS_ATIME],SWI,INTERRUPT,NET_NG,[NET_ETHER],NET_TUN,MOUSE,KEYBOARD,ATTACH,CACHED
Feeding entropy: .
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat
Setting hostname: generic.
lo0: link state changed to UP
eqos0: link state changed to DOWN
eqos1: link state changed to DOWN
Starting Network: lo0 eqos0 eqos1.
lo0: flags=1008049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
	groups: lo
	nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
eqos0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=80008<VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE>
	ether f2:00:01:57:01:f1
	inet6 fe80::f000:1ff:fe57:1f1%eqos0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
	status: no carrier
	nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
eqos1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=80008<VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE>
	ether f2:00:33:a0:13:07
	inet6 fe80::f000:33ff:fea0:1307%eqos1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
	status: no carrier
	nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
Starting devd.
Waiting 30s for the default route interface: .....(no carrier)
route: message indicates error: File exists
add host 127.0.0.1: gateway lo0 fib 0: route already in table
route: message indicates error: File exists
add host ::1: gateway lo0 fib 0: route already in table
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
Updating motd:.
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Updating /var/run/os-release done.
Starting syslogd.
No core dumps found.
Mounting late filesystems:.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.

Fri May  1 09:31
FreeBSD/riscv (generic) (ttyu0)

login: root
Password:
May  1 09:31:16 generic login[2646]: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyu0
Last login: Fri May  1 09:25:58 on ttyu0
FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 (GENERIC) releng/15.1-n283455-58777180c5b0

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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