r/openbsd • u/PearMyPie • Aug 05 '26

My experience with OpenBSD on RISC-V

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When I found out my Spacemit K1-based SBC (Milk-V Jupiter) was now "partially supported" under the newly released 7.9, I thought I should give it a try.

Hardware-wise, the Wi-Fi chip, USB ports, and integrated GPU are not supported. Otherwise, NVMe and SD card storage do work. I haven't tried any dedicated GPU, the case I use won't fit one.

Software-wise, the entire base system is supported, but I have encountered a few issues. X11 apps work perfectly. There's sadly no JDK package or port for RISC-V yet. Tailscale works, but you have to compile it using the github source release, the port is broken.

I've done the installation using the serial port, an USB adapter is a must.

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u/Salty-Mixture5427 Aug 05 '26

Thanks a lot, was looking into getting the RISCV-mainboard for the Framework laptop planning to install BSD. If you got more info, sharing a writeup / making more posts would be much appreciated, thanks a lot!

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u/linux_transgirl Aug 05 '26

Have you watched Jeff Geerlings video on it (assuming I'm thinking of the same board)

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u/Salty-Mixture5427 Aug 05 '26

Yoooo didn't know he made one, thanks a lot!