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Maybe I'm missing the relevant nexus between Linux, Open Source, and RISC-V, but I'm pretty sure BOOM [1] was already running Linux ~2 years ago. [1] https://g
by 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
Maybe I'm missing the relevant nexus between Linux, Open Source, and RISC-V, but I'm pretty sure BOOM [1] was already running Linux ~2 years ago.
[1] https://github.com/ucb-bar/riscv-boom https://github.com/ucb-bar/riscv-boom
- _chris_ 9y agoBOOM is built on top of rocket-chip, both going back to 2011-2012 at Berkeley. The rocket-chip devs graduated Berkeley and started SiFive. SiFive still use, update, and commit back to the rocket-chip code base and have spent resources on verifying the rocket-chip code base and on integrating other industry IP into their branch of rocket-chip to fit their costumers' needs.
- tomcam 9y agoMad props to them. That's impressive and very community-minded.