The main problems Ive had with it so far. Is the graphics. Kernel is fine but the userspace was difficult to get working. A Chinese user on the forums had figured it out. You need the proprietary Vulkan + GLES libraries from IMG and the fork of mesa to get EGL, etc. Which doesn't work with libglvnd so some packages won't install because they explicitly depend on libglvnd.<p>And the kernel has device mapper disabled so I couldn't use kpartx to mount a drive image with partitions. Also means dm-crypt or LVM2 won't either.<p>But these kinda kinks can be worked out I think so I hope we get a good out of the box experience in a few months.
>no heatsink/fan<p>CPU can take some quite industrial range (125C? I know I've seen a number somewhere...), and will throttle starting at 85C. In practice, it will get to 75C in long compiling sessions. Thus, it doesn't really need a heatsink.<p>However, you might want to install a m.2 nvme, in which case you'll definitely want that heatsink as you'll have more heat. I went with XU4Q's (from ODROID), which is a passive solution, a tall heatsink. It fits in place w/o issue and doesn't disturb m.2. CPU tops out at around 57C now.<p>I notice that, in the pictures, the reviewer did not install the 4x spacers that shipped with the board. This board will not sit evenly on a desk, as the m.2 slot protrudes; it might interfer with cooling. That'd explain 90C where I got 75C.
My friend recently bought Vision Five 2, and we've tested its performance, comparing to Vision Five 1. Here are the results: <a href="https://twitter.com/ClickHouseDB/status/1619767689861550081" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ClickHouseDB/status/1619767689861550081</a><p>The outcomes:
- it shows several times better results, but we suspect that the previous result was misconfigured;
- the performance is still way behind Raspberry Pi, Rock Pi and other AArch64 machines.<p>We are building for RISC-V with cross-compilation, details here: <a href="https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/31398">https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/31398</a>
Supposedly this thing comes with the Imagination Technologies BXE-4-32 GPU. Anyone know if this is supported out of the box by Linux/Mesa or if it's a black box? I've been burned by evil secretive GPUs in SBCs before.
Are they supposed to be shipping the dual GbE yet?<p>Because I ordered it in October, got only a paypal receipt with a smartfire.cn email and nothing else. Sent them an email early this month to have a status update, and no reply.<p>I just wonder if I got "scammed", with no way whatsoever to check my order status. I'll give it a few more days and contact Paypal for a refund. Can't say I'm pleased with the customer service.
I have a stick on heatsink, tiny fan plugged into the vf2 fan header (2 wires don't think it's controlled in anyway) and a 3D printed case[0].<p>I don't know where the temp sensor is on the board but it read 54 (about 24 above ambient), now it sits at about 32 (ambient +12).
I could only get the minimal image69 running so not much practical use at the minute.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/104dayd/i_designed_a_3d_printable_case_for_the_visionfive/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/104dayd/i_designed_a...</a>
The <a href="https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/" rel="nofollow">https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/</a> repository is slower than cold snot on a doorknob. Unfortunately, trying <a href="https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/" rel="nofollow">https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/</a> instead causes problems.