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Building Linux image for HiFive Unleashed requires to check out a repository of Yocto. Also, the build process takes several hours and is resource hungry. This repository provides prebuilt, and latest, openembedded based linux images for HiFive Unleashed board.

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prebuilt-freedom-u540-images

This repository is maintained by Software Development team at Lampro Mellon, who:

  • Develop linux device drivers for RISC V based boards
  • Develop applications for RISC V platforms

The repository contains prebuilt images for HiFive Unleashed board. All the linux images are built by employing, openembedded based, Freedom-U-SDK provided by SiFive.

Directory Structure

Following is the description of directories in this repo:

cli/: Command Line Interface image.

xfce4: GUI based image for HiFive Unleashed + Expansion board.

cli-debug: Command Line Interface image with debug packages.

opencv: CLI based image with Python packages added. For details of packages, see opencv/README.md

Flashing the Images

All the images can be flashed to uSD card using bmaptool utility. Steps are as follows:

1- Download both images (*.wic.gz as well as *wic.bmap)

2- Insert the card in PC and check device file /dev/sdX.

3- run bmaptool copy demo-coreip-XYZ.wic.gz /dev/sdX

3- Insert the card into the target.

4- Login is root, Password is sifive

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Building Linux image for HiFive Unleashed requires to check out a repository of Yocto. Also, the build process takes several hours and is resource hungry. This repository provides prebuilt, and latest, openembedded based linux images for HiFive Unleashed board.

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