How to Build & Run Linux on Kendryte K210 RISC-V NOMMU Processor

in embedded •  5 years ago 


A few months ago, we wrote that Western Digital was working on Linux & BusyBox RISC-V NOMMU, and managed to boot a minimal Linux OS on Kendryte K210 powered Sipeed Maix Go board.

RISC-V NOMMU support was scheduled for Linux 5.5, and now that the new kernel has been released, Damien Le Moal has pushed the code allowing to build Linux and a busybox based roofs for RISC-V 64-bit NOMMU platforms using buildroot.

RISCV64 NOMMU Menuconfig

I could start the build following the instructions on Github, but it failed as a Linux 5.6 RC1 tarball was missing. But I noticed

The full article can be found @ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/02/17/how-to-build-run-linux-on-kendryte-k210-risc-v-nommu-processor/

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