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RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five") is a license-free, modular, extensible instruction set architecture (ISA).

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RISC-V Options? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone,

I've noticed this community is a bit barren. I'd like to add some posts myself but from a more ignorant POV.

It has come to my attention that there is not nearly enough software torture in my life. Hearing how companies are starting to add barriers to so-called "Translation layers" and other software pieces that give functionality to the underlying hardware...

What types of projects does the open source community need to pursue with respect to RISC-V drivers, firmware, or other necessary pieces to somewhat guarantee that the processor is compatible with GPUs, RAM, I/O, and other low level functions that hardware components perform?

Where should I start in my RISC-V journey? Is there a beginner computer or developer kit that I can purchase that won't incinerate my wallet? I don't expect to game or train LLMs off of a RISC-V-based computer, but am curious as to what a fully free hardware setup would consist of.

Love the idea of RISC-V!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pine64 has some risc-v stuff. They're usually pretty fairly priced from my experience

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Pinetab-V and Star64 look interesting for a tablet and SBC on the RISC-V architecture... What Linux distribution would one have for options on that processor architecture? Debian sounds appealing there...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I know there’s an Armbian image (probably Debian based) and a few others for the star64, while iirc the default os for the PineTab v is a yocto build. I’m sure it would be possible to make a Debian img for either.