From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io1-xd2c.google.com (mail-io1-xd2c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA7483B2A4 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2021 10:10:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-io1-xd2c.google.com with SMTP id a7so14212448iok.12 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:10:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=l3aLfIFlCTY1su8mX13loaDAZ9BDiuw0Ox28fT2WVj4=; b=iP4hJatVIH78EftAaQMX6WkyI9NBOJzq67EijJdpMcq7VxPo73nm+/fgmwp9axsMps 4xXmPdI7yxhTwYIgJ+AN4rYpFy44ZBnAk947vZmtWsuGyAvMjqlcs5WlJ8FUjZ9xErLr 5Z4D8K1GvBLRRuu1/EtZJmejuWzQcuPAq6cgtuP356J/HJAnxY5C8L7hR+4km9MW3FHG Ro/9rSC5b1qcr/BzW23qjgha9qLiuN6+GJqX7XGVcov38MJkag6smW+RWuI1Ak5K8sr5 bIBQdkZWiwGcPsjXXTJG8U9idIefZ/M7BcXY1foayPV+9vtekKj/7dHS0lTKyN3eUkAu +1Aw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=l3aLfIFlCTY1su8mX13loaDAZ9BDiuw0Ox28fT2WVj4=; b=q7bcQ3LVIXN89e0g6yz7biv+H67EesEhA6+SZ5FXyHpJHRe4/zmW0XoMs4zr9hN+QC jCKO9q2HD1UFy9o0Ml3wXo5+XfsnuUVLdYp8PNQePt299sNXLxcqeALChIeMSBk3yKhA N8ovaW2smKBAX6XNirI+WlujQpgw9NRleldbd7vX+IhglHqRwS/9gkpbAb4IueZtfXky oEFvjvYBQmfFO79J8TkRwYP6cvo3r20NtqOD2aqu//V/zAMH8wjiXqOrZW54ZMq+q2qx aw/s0Rh6C7crXi2a1WDCnQsVCkK3kYY4maKE8vwDkmfsLvoX/RSAYqXP15UtCYSYOZhA +Cag== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533TPr/VQ8ovf1vjURMegBt5HZdZX2Wbq6qL6H5EOaLaoQPiJgIi Kj90CNGqPugqXJgmdpyJ2Y/0OXHRZ88ToudaGps= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzNqJGjt5yiJHB1Cm4pzRqH8rS3LTXN1imwJJ93VWYbqXyDK1cTXh3TgHa8E2se5lXuYo30/degrsrvvjxXBr0= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:9250:: with SMTP id e16mr23487947iol.27.1615302642424; Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:10:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Dave Taht Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 07:10:30 -0800 Message-ID: To: "Xianjun Jiao (UGent-imec)" Cc: cerowrt-devel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] mips goes risc-v X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:10:43 -0000 I would suggest reaching out to various members of the risc-v consortium as for their desire for a wifi stack, and/or doing a preso there. On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 5:03 AM Xianjun Jiao (UGent-imec) wrote: > > risc-v indeed is getting more and more developers. I also looked into it = a lot. In principle, there is a chance that some of the openwifi low level = state machines (for low MAC protocol) could be replaced by some simple risc= -v cores. -- Just some wild/initial ideas, no resource/action planned yet. > > > Best regards, > -- > Xianjun Jiao > Senior researcher, imec - Gent university > 210.007, floor 11, Technologiepark 126, 9052, Ghent, Belgium > > > ________________________________ > From: Dave Taht > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 4:42:24 AM > To: cerowrt-devel > Subject: mips goes risc-v > > https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/03/08/2117238/mips-technologies-jo= ins-risc-v-moves-to-open-source-isa-standard > > To me my biggest kvetch about the risc-v effort was the lack of > additional on-chip IP support, which, > lacking compatible busses and so on, was going to limit multiple > generations of chips to just what could be developed afresh. Even > "simple" IP blocks like usb support take time. While I really like > "chisel" as a design language, it is far behind what arm and intel > use. But: With the mips licensees scrambling to reuse their IP, > somehow, and move to risc-v, I think this architecture has an ever > increasing chance of success. > > It's been a really good couple of months for open source this or that. > I keep hoping someone will seriously fund > https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi as well, for, in order to handle > the complexities of 802.11n and beyond, a co-processor with some > serious oomph, and a well designed piece of open firmware, is needed. > > > -- > "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public > relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled" - Richard Feynman > > dave@taht.net CTO, TekLibre, LLC Tel: 1-831-435-0729 --=20 "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled" - Richard Feynman dave@taht.net CTO, TekLibre, LLC Tel: 1-831-435-0729