rt-thread-official/bsp/qemu-virt64-riscv

QEMU/RISCV64 VIRT Board Support Package User Guide

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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Building
  • 2.1. Installing the toolchain
  • 2.2. Setting RT-Thread toolchain environment variables
  • 2.3. Downloading the kernel
  • 2.4. Configuring the kernel
  • 2.5. Compiling the kernel
• 3. Running
  • 3.1. Installing QEMU
  • 3.2. Running QEMU
    • 3.2.1. Running RT-Thread Standard Edition
    • 3.2.2. Running RT-Thread Smart version
    • 3.2.3. Running RT-Thread Smart version + Root file-system
• 4. How to use rv64ilp32 toolchain
• 5. Contact information

1. Introduction

RISC-V is an open and free instruction set architecture (ISA). This project is a port on the RISCV64 VIRT version of QEMU.

This project supports the world's first rv64ilp32 product-level open source toolchain jointly launched by the Xuantie team and the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2. Building

Working system: take Ubuntu 22.04 as an example:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

2.1. Installing the toolchain

The specific toolchain used is consistent with the official RT-Thread. For the specific toolchain version, please refer to the file https://github.com/RT-Thread/rt-thread/blob/master/.github/workflows/action_utest.yml in the RT-Thread repository.

    - name: Install RISC-V ToolChains
      if: ${{ matrix.legs.QEMU_ARCH == 'riscv64' && matrix.legs.UTEST != 'rtsmart/riscv64' && success() }}
      run: |
        wget -q https://github.com/RT-Thread/toolchains-ci/releases/download/v1.4/riscv64-unknown-elf-toolchain-10.2.0-2020.12.8-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz
        sudo tar zxvf riscv64-unknown-elf-toolchain-10.2.0-2020.12.8-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz -C /opt
        /opt/riscv64-unknown-elf-toolchain-10.2.0-2020.12.8-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14/bin/riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc --version
        echo "RTT_EXEC_PATH=/opt/riscv64-unknown-elf-toolchain-10.2.0-2020.12.8-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14/bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV

    - name: Install RISC-V Musl ToolChains
      if: ${{ matrix.legs.QEMU_ARCH == 'riscv64' && matrix.legs.UTEST == 'rtsmart/riscv64' && success() }}
      shell: bash
      run: |
        wget -q https://github.com/RT-Thread/toolchains-ci/releases/download/v1.7/riscv64-linux-musleabi_for_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_latest.tar.bz2
        sudo tar xjf riscv64-linux-musleabi_for_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_latest.tar.bz2 -C /opt
        /opt/riscv64-linux-musleabi_for_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/riscv64-unknown-linux-musl-gcc --version
        echo "RTT_EXEC_PATH=/opt/riscv64-linux-musleabi_for_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        echo "RTT_CC_PREFIX=riscv64-unknown-linux-musl-" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Among them, riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc is used to build the RT-Thread Standard version, and riscv64-unknown-linux-musl-gcc is used to build the RT-Thread Smart version. Download them to your local computer according to the links shown above and decompress them.

2.2. Setting RT-Thread toolchain environment variables

There are three environment variables related to the RT-Thread toolchain

• RTT_CC is the toolchain name, which is "gcc" here
• RTT_CC_PREFIX: is the toolchain prefix, which is "riscv64-unknown-elf-" for the Standard version and "riscv64-unknown-linux-musl-" for the Smart version.
• RTT_EXEC_PATH: the path where the bin folder of the toolchain is located, such as "$HOME/tools/riscv64-unknown-elf-toolchain-10.2.0-2020.12.8-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14/bin". This is set according to the actual path after personal download and decompression. Note that the toolchains of the RT-Thread standard version and the Smart version are two different versions, and the path name of RTT_EXEC_PATH must be set to bin.

If you use them all the time, it is recommended to export these three environment variables in the .bashrc file.

2.3. Downloading the kernel

Assume that the working path is $WORKSPACE.

$ cd $WORKSPACE
$ git clone git@github.com:RT-Thread/rt-thread.git

Enter the BSP directory where qemu-virt64-riscv is located. The following operations will not be introduced separately. By default, it is in this directory.

$ cd $WORKSPACE/rt-thread/bsp/qemu-virt64-riscv

2.4. Configuring the kernel

Refresh the configuration file before compiling for the first time.

$ scons --menuconfig

The default configuration is the RT-Thread standard version, so if you don't have any special requirements, don't change anything, just save and exit.

If you want to use the RT-Thread Smart version, at least turn on the RT_USING_SMART option after entering the configuration menu (see the figure below), and the rest depends on your needs.

(Top) → RT-Thread Kernel
RT-Thread Project Configuration
(24) The maximal size of kernel object name
[ ] Use the data types defined in ARCH_CPU
[*] Enable RT-Thread Smart (microkernel on kernel/userland)
[ ] Enable RT-Thread Nano
...

Save and exit after modification.

2.5. Compiling the kernel

If you have compiled before, you can clean it up:

$ scons --clean

Or compile directly:

$ scons -j$(nproc)

The kernel binary file rtthread.bin will be generated in the $WORKSPACE/rt-thread/bsp/qemu-virt64-riscv.

3. Running

3.1. Installing QEMU

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install qemu-system-misc

After the installation is complete, you can check the version.

$ qemu-system-riscv64 --version
QEMU emulator version 6.2.0 (Debian 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.24)
Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

3.2. Running QEMU

The repository has provided a ready-made execution script, which can be executed directly:

$ ./run.sh

3.2.1. Running RT-Thread Standard Edition

The following is an example:

$ ./run.sh 

OpenSBI v0.9
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name             : riscv-virtio,qemu
Platform Features         : timer,mfdeleg
Platform HART Count       : 1
Firmware Base             : 0x80000000
Firmware Size             : 100 KB
Runtime SBI Version       : 0.2

Domain0 Name              : root
Domain0 Boot HART         : 0
Domain0 HARTs             : 0*
Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000080000000-0x000000008001ffff ()
Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff (R,W,X)
Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000080200000
Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x000000008f000000
Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
Domain0 SysReset          : yes

Boot HART ID              : 0
Boot HART Domain          : root
Boot HART ISA             : rv64imafdcsu
Boot HART Features        : scounteren,mcounteren,time
Boot HART PMP Count       : 16
Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4
Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 54
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000000222
Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x000000000000b109
heap: [0x8028d8a8 - 0x8428d8a8]

 \ | /
- RT -     Thread Operating System
 / | \     5.2.0 build Nov 14 2024 15:41:57
 2006 - 2024 Copyright by RT-Thread team
lwIP-2.0.3 initialized!
[I/sal.skt] Socket Abstraction Layer initialize success.
[I/utest] utest is initialize success.
[I/utest] total utest testcase num: (0)
file system initialization done!
Hello RISC-V
msh />

3.2.2. Running RT-Thread Smart version

The following is an example:

$ ./run.sh 

OpenSBI v0.9
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name             : riscv-virtio,qemu
Platform Features         : timer,mfdeleg
Platform HART Count       : 1
Firmware Base             : 0x80000000
Firmware Size             : 100 KB
Runtime SBI Version       : 0.2

Domain0 Name              : root
Domain0 Boot HART         : 0
Domain0 HARTs             : 0*
Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000080000000-0x000000008001ffff ()
Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff (R,W,X)
Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000080200000
Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x000000008f000000
Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
Domain0 SysReset          : yes

Boot HART ID              : 0
Boot HART Domain          : root
Boot HART ISA             : rv64imafdcsu
Boot HART Features        : scounteren,mcounteren,time
Boot HART PMP Count       : 16
Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4
Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 54
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000000222
Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x000000000000b109
heap: [0x002ef030 - 0x042ef030]

 \ | /
- RT -     Thread Smart Operating System
 / | \     5.2.0 build Nov 14 2024 15:48:43
 2006 - 2024 Copyright by RT-Thread team
lwIP-2.0.3 initialized!
[I/sal.skt] Socket Abstraction Layer initialize success.
[I/utest] utest is initialize success.
[I/utest] total utest testcase num: (0)
[I/drivers.serial] Using /dev/ttyS0 as default console
file system initialization done!
Hello RISC-V
msh />

3.2.3. Running RT-Thread Smart version + Root file-system

For the Smart version of the kernel, you can also specify the path of the root file-system image file when executing the run.sh script to mount the root file-system during the startup process.

It should be noted that the kernel supports fat by default. If you want to mount the ext4 file-system, you need to install the lwext4 package additionally, i.e. to enable the PKG_USING_LWEXT4 option (the specific menuconfig path is (Top) -> RT-Thread online packages -> system packages -> lwext4: an excellent choice of ext2/3/4 filesystem for microcontrollers.). If you can't find the item in the menu, you can exit menuconfig and execute pkgs --upgrade to update the package index and then try to enable the package.

After checking this option, you also need to perform the following operations to update the software and install the source code to the packages directory of bsp (this operation only needs to be performed once):

$ source ~/.env/env.sh
$ pkgs --update

Save and recompile the kernel.

For how to make a root file-system, please refer to https://github.com/RT-Thread/userapps/blob/main/README.md, which will not be repeated here.

The example is as follows:

$ ./run.sh /home/u/ws/duo/userapps/apps/build/ext4.img 

OpenSBI v0.9
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name             : riscv-virtio,qemu
Platform Features         : timer,mfdeleg
Platform HART Count       : 1
Firmware Base             : 0x80000000
Firmware Size             : 100 KB
Runtime SBI Version       : 0.2

Domain0 Name              : root
Domain0 Boot HART         : 0
Domain0 HARTs             : 0*
Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000080000000-0x000000008001ffff ()
Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff (R,W,X)
Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000080200000
Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x000000008f000000
Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
Domain0 SysReset          : yes

Boot HART ID              : 0
Boot HART Domain          : root
Boot HART ISA             : rv64imafdcsu
Boot HART Features        : scounteren,mcounteren,time
Boot HART PMP Count       : 16
Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4
Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 54
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 0
Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000000222
Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x000000000000b109
heap: [0x00326438 - 0x04326438]

 \ | /
- RT -     Thread Smart Operating System
 / | \     5.2.0 build Dec 17 2024 11:49:39
 2006 - 2024 Copyright by RT-Thread team
lwIP-2.0.3 initialized!
[I/sal.skt] Socket Abstraction Layer initialize success.
[I/utest] utest is initialize success.
[I/utest] total utest testcase num: (0)
[I/drivers.serial] Using /dev/ttyS0 as default console
[W/DFS.fs] mount / failed with file system type: elm
file system initialization done!
Hello RISC-V
msh />[E/sal.skt] not find network interface device by protocol family(1).
[E/sal.skt] SAL socket protocol family input failed, return error -3.
/ # ls
bin         lib         proc        sbin        tmp
dev         lost+found  root        services    usr
etc         mnt         run         tc          var
/ # 

4. How to use rv64ilp32 toolchain

• Toolchain address: https://github.com/ruyisdk/riscv-gnu-toolchain-rv64ilp32/tags

• Usage:

  • Configure toolchain path

  • Modify ABI parameter to: -mabi=ilp32d

  • Then perform regular compilation

  • Use script to start QEMU (INFO: QEMU binary is also in the toolchain directory)

• Compare the firmware size of the same project compiled using the traditional 64-bit toolchain and the new 32-bit toolchain:

  Traditional 64-bit toolchain firmware size:

  Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
              SRAM:      225856 B        16 MB      1.35%
  riscv64-unknown-elf-objcopy -O binary rtthread.elf rtthread.bin
  riscv64-unknown-elf-size rtthread.elf
     text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   150907    3664   71268  225839   3722f rtthread.elf
  

  New 32-bit toolchain firmware size:

  Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
              SRAM:      209376 B        16 MB      1.25%
  riscv64-unknown-elf-objcopy -O binary rtthread.elf rtthread.bin
  riscv64-unknown-elf-size rtthread.elf
     text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   138739    1356   69276  209371   331db rtthread.elf
  

5. Contact information

Maintainer: bernard