[Arm-netbook] sifive sells a riscv cpu mainboard

[ronwirring at Safe-mail.net]

-------- Original Message --------
From: Jonathan Neuschäfer<j.neuschaefer at gmx.net>
Apparently from: arm-netbook-bounces at lists.phcomp.co.uk
To: Eco-Conscious Computing <arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] sifive sells a riscv cpu mainboard
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 00:40:03 +0100

> On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 03:05:03PM -0500, ronwirring at Safe-mail.net wrote:
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: Jonathan Neuschäfer<j.neuschaefer at gmx.net>
> > Apparently from: arm-netbook-bounces at lists.phcomp.co.uk
> > To: Eco-Conscious Computing <arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] sifive sells a riscv cpu mainboard
> > Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 18:49:36 +0100
> > 
> > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 12:39:57PM -0500, ronwirring at Safe-mail.net wrote:

> > Can you tell if the mainboard is free software foundation
> > compliant?
> 
> As far as I understand, yes.

Then I got the video wrong. I thought his listing of not open
source devices about the riscv mainboard would negate
fsf compliance.

> No, MALI is (AFAIK) not available as a separate chip, so you can't put
> it on a board if the SoC doesn't already have it.

I did not know. Apparently you then cannot buy a bag of
mali devices?

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