Because a CPU architecture does not exist in a vacuum and RISCV’s marketing is about being open, so I expect they are going to have the rest of the SOC as open

Because a CPU architecture does not exist in a vacuum and RISCV’s marketing is about being open, so I expect they are going to have the rest of the SOC as open as well. I guess it will be easy enough to have all the drivers part of Linux. I agree, this is wishful thinking.