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DebianOn is an effort to document how to install, configure and use Debian on some specific hardware. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware.

The purpose is not to duplicate the Debian Official Documentation, but to document how to install Debian on some specific hardware.

If you need help to get Debian running on your hardware, please have a look at our user support channels where you may find specific channels (mailing list, IRC channel) dedicated to certain types of hardware.

Models covered
Sipeed/LicheeRV

Overall Status

Released in late 2021, based on Allwinner D1 with T-Head ?XuanTie C906. 512MB of RAM. Very inexpensive at approx 20€.

A carrier board adding HDMI, USB and optional WiFi became available later on.

Also available on Seeed.

The Sunxi community (mainlining ?AllWinner ?SoCs features) wiki contains a page about Lichee RV, with instructions to compiling Linux kernel and installing GNU/Linux distributions including Debian on the board.

As January 2022, Lichee RV is not officially supported by Debian and a heavily customized kernel and boot image are required.

Mainlining the required kernel patches might take a long time, see: https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort#Status_Matrix

The wiki to install vendor Debian image.

Core Components
Boot Standard Kernel:	[?]
LAN network card on Dock	[?]
Wireless/Wifi on Dock	[?]
CPU Frequency Scaling	[?]
Hibernation	[?]
Sleep / Suspend	[?]

Legend :
= OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; $/!\$ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

A good tutorial on generating an install image: https://andreas.welcomes-you.com/boot-sw-debian-risc-v-lichee-rv/

Configuration

Display

(not covered yet)

Audio

(not covered yet)

Power Management

(not covered yet)

WiFi

(not covered yet)

System Summary

lspci

Device does not have a PCI bus.

lsusb

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 Generic Platform OHCI controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 Generic Platform OHCI controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 MUSB HDRC host driver

USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.

Useful Links

Sunxi wiki: https://linux-sunxi.org/Sipeed_Lichee_RV

InstallingDebianOnSipeedLicheeRV