Re: RISC-V is giving away developer boards

[Bengt Richter]

Hi all,

On +2021-04-30 21:35:22 +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> It is probably a good idea to apply from an academic institution to
> increase chances of getting a free board. I am happy to help with the
> application.
> 
> We already have the 2GB RAM polarfire which we mostly use for toy
> stuff right now:
> 
> https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/07/20/polarfire-soc-icicle-64-bit-risc-v-and-fpga-development-board-runs-linux-or-freebsd/
> 
> If anyone is serious about a GNU Mes and/or GNU Guix port I can help
> find a RISC-V board one way or another. Sounds like time and money
> well spent to me.
> 
> Pj.

Could some riscv-model-version.scm be written to use qemu to create
an exact virtual metal RISC-V board (of the kind being sampled, for starters)
for use on our laptops and PCs?

I think that might get more people involved, and would ideally produce
images that would "just work" on the bare metal boards.

Maybe guix could become a preferred RISC-V development environment :)

Thoughts?

> 
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 01:15:49PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 06:36:29PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > > Could interested developers raise their hands?  :-)
> > 
> > I previously applied for early access to the BeagleV:
> > 
> > https://beagleboard.org/beaglev
> > 
> > I wasn't selected and I decided to focus on aarch64 for now.
> > 
> > Hopefully some other people can step up and apply via this new program!
> > 
> 

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Regards,
Bengt Richter