[Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

[mike.valk at gmail.com]

2017-05-04 12:51 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:

>
>  ha, bit of irony for you: gaisler research released the LEON3 SPARCv8
> core a number of years ago under the GPLv2, so that people could use
> it for "academic and research purposes", the expectation being that
> for "commercial" use, they would seek a license from gaisler because
> you can't mix GPLv2 source with proprietary hard macro source.
>
>  the irony / beauty is: by seeking out *specifically* hard macros even
> for DDR3 that are compatible with the GPL, no proprietary license is
> needed :)
>
>  so... the source code which implements SMP cache coherency for a
> multi-core LEON3... i can pull that out and use it :)
>

Uhhm. So your going to use the GLP'ed macro for "SMP cache coherency" from
the LEON3 SPARCv8 design into the RISC-V so you can build a Multi core
(SMP) RISC-V?

Or are you considering a new SoC SPARC design?

According to wikipedia there is also a LEON4. If it is based on the LEON3
then the source code should be available right? Or is a materialized HW
design no obligated to ship with the source since it's not binary/machine
code?


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