Radxa Cubie A5E - NVMe support?

[cvxx]

Hi,

 

is there currently support for NVMe storage in Armbian trunk?

 

I tried to flash the latest build, added nvme ssd storage - but it is not seen in the system.

 

What to check?

[Richard Klingler]

Nope..though nvme kernel modules are present in the file system but doing nothing when loading, not even a dmesg output.

 

Besides...u-boot version from the SD image has also no NVMe support...

Edited July 18, 2025 by Richard Klingler

[Richard Klingler]

Just flashed an u-bbot version from here which does support NVMe...well at least it recognizes the SSD (o;

 

https://github.com/cubie-image/sun55iw3p1/releases

 

=> pci enum
Speed change timeout
PCIe speed of Gen1
=> nvme scan
feng >>>> debug <<<<< nvme_probe
=> nvme device

IDE device 0: Vendor: 0x1dee Rev: 1.4.7.70 Prod: 2510194702629       
            Type: Hard Disk
            Capacity: 488386.3 MB = 476.9 GB (1000215216 x 512)

 

[aleroot]

How did you flash the u-boot ? Were you able to run armbian with that u-boot and install on the NVME drive? 
Thanks

[Richard Klingler]

It is documented there:

 

Zitat

"The SPI NOR image must be written to mtdblock0 after booting from SD card"

 

So when booted from SD you need to copy over the u-boot image to SD card and do from there:

dd if=cubie_a5e_spi_nor_raw_050624.img of=/dev/mtdblock0

 

But that won't you get NVMe support on Armbian as Cubie A5E NVMe support just isn't in the kernel, not even the dev version.