Re: Star64 boot log with errors

[Lucius <main%quaere.re@localhost>]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 04:53:14PM +0000, Robert Swindells wrote:
> 
> Lucius <main%quaere.re@localhost> wrote:
> > I am not sure if this is the right place for this, but I flashed a
> > recent image of the nightly build, put the sd card into my star64,
> > connected the UART adapter and I get the log below.
> 
> > I am aware the star64 is not offically supported, however I did see that
> > there were people running it in the replies of "Contributing to RISCV
> > port" from the 9th of Feburary 2025. The u-boot seems pretty old, but I
> > have no idea if that is the cause of the failure as the bootmenu does
> > appear. Telemetry should always be helpful.
> 
> Try u-boot from pkgsrc, the u-boot-visionfive2 one supports the Star64
> as well.
> 
 
It was indeed a u-boot issue, thanks for pointing that out, it now boots :D
 
I followed this guide for anyone in the future with the same issue https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/board/starfive/pine64_star64.html

PS: sorry Robert for getting this twice, I forgot to sent it to the mailing list too, this is sort of the first time using a mailing list