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>RISC-V do not define a platform. With a very strictly narrow lens, RISC-V is just the ISA. In reality, a major part of RISC-V International standardization e
by snvzz 1y ago
>RISC-V do not define a platform.
With a very strictly narrow lens, RISC-V is just the ISA.
In reality, a major part of RISC-V International standardization effort goes into non-ISA specs, which include the platform specs, a major focus from early on.
This is e.g. how I am able to run my VisionFive2 with a generic Debian kernel. It would be unthinkable on ARM.
- MisterTea 1y agoIt's unfortunate that the spec avoided designing a clean solution to a simple problem and drags in the complexity of PC baggage such as ACPI and UEFI to avoid doing work.
- snvzz 1y ago>to avoid doing work The problem with "doing work" is that work does take time. Being late means widespread non-standardized, bespoke vendor specific solutions. Exactly the one thing RISC-V International strongly wants to avoid. Won't go into judging ACPI and UEFI, and how misunderstood or desirable they are. RISC-V chose to adopt these, and to standardize what the baseline platform is, and specify how ACPI and UEFI are implemented.
- panick21_ 1y agoEven if some their ideas are desirable, the execution very much isn't.