Alpine Linux with mainline u-boot, opensbi and kernel

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rv64alpine:/etc/apk# uname -a
Linux rv64alpine 6.5.3-0-starfive #1-Alpine SMP PREEMPT Fri, 15 Sep 2023 06:52:05 +0000 riscv64 Linux
rv64alpine:/etc/apk# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
af_packet              86016  0
loop                   40960  0
rv64alpine:/etc/apk# ip link set dev eth0 up
ip: ioctl 0x8913 failed: No such device
rv64alpine:/etc/apk# ip link set dev eth1 up
ip: ioctl 0x8913 failed: No such device
rv64alpine:/etc/apk#
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According to your list ethernet drivers are not loaded.

Could you look in /lib/modules/6.5.3-0-starfive/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac dir do you have modules there?
lsmod should show at least these

motorcomm
dwmac_starfive
stmmac_platform

btw, which packages you added?

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rv64alpine:/lib/modules/6.5.3-0-starfive/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac# ls -lasth
total 637K   
   1.0K drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        1.0K Sep 17  2023 .
   1.0K drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root        1.0K Sep 17  2023 ..
  13.0K -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       12.2K Sep 14  2023 dwmac-generic.ko
  13.0K -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       12.4K Sep 14  2023 dwmac-starfive.ko
  13.0K -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       12.4K Sep 14  2023 stmmac-pci.ko
  44.0K -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       43.3K Sep 14  2023 stmmac-platform.ko
 552.0K -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      551.9K Sep 14  2023 stmmac.ko

Added bunch of stuff. mg (text editor), sudo, binutils, …

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Modules are there and I wonder why they are not loaded on boot.
I don’t have more ideas how to solve this problem on your board because I don’t have same version to test.

Anyway, you can join us on #alpine-riscv64 discussion IRC channel on OFTC, maybe someone there have same board and/or have ideas or advice

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Thanks much for your time on this.
Just re-reflashed sd, booted, and ran setup-alpine; rebooted fine.

Anyway, you can join us on #alpine-riscv64 discussion IRC channel on OFTC

Never used IRC and no idea how to get there…

Ah. I did try setup-desktop. That may be the problem…

OK: 25391 distinct packages available
ERROR: unable to select packages:
  eudev-libs-3.2.12-r4:
    conflicts: libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3[so:libudev.so.1=1.6.3]
    satisfies: eudev-3.2.12-r4[eudev-libs=3.2.12-r4]
               xorg-server-21.1.8-r3[so:libudev.so.1]
               libinput-libs-1.24.0-r0[so:libudev.so.1]
               libinput-udev-1.24.0-r0[so:libudev.so.1]
  eudev-3.2.12-r4:
    conflicts: libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3[udev=176]
    satisfies: world[eudev]
  libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3:
    conflicts: eudev-3.2.12-r4[udev] eudev-libs-3.2.12-r4[so:libudev.so.1=1]
    satisfies: world[libudev-zero] xorg-server-21.1.8-r3[so:libudev.so.1]
               libinput-libs-1.24.0-r0[so:libudev.so.1]
               libinput-udev-1.24.0-r0[so:libudev.so.1]
ERROR: unable to select packages:
  eudev-libs-3.2.12-r4:
    conflicts: libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3[so:libudev.so.1=1.6.3]
    satisfies: eudev-3.2.12-r4[eudev-libs=3.2.12-r4]
  eudev-3.2.12-r4:
    conflicts: libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3[udev=176]
    satisfies: world[eudev]
  libudev-zero-1.0.3-r3:
    conflicts: eudev-3.2.12-r4[udev] eudev-libs-3.2.12-r4[so:libudev.so.1=1]
    satisfies: world[libudev-zero]
rv64alpine:~#

Don’t spend more time on this. Thanks much again.
-KenD

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ah, you added eudev, this is why modules are not loaded.

apk del libudev-zero
apk add eudev
maybe will solve problem.

But desktop will not work because kernel doesn’t have drivers

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For irc on oftc you can use web interface
https://webchat.oftc.net/

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Yep. Need /dev/fb0 and /dev/input/event* for Smalltalk IDE.
Will look for it! Thanks!