From ba8cbe1ed429ee00f3b329cf60d2d4376e7c24c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:11:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add extra sections --- ...23_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn | 38 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn index 6f4a2ff..838b977 100644 --- a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn +++ b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn @@ -69,13 +69,24 @@ almost certainly things left off the list. For such a small team there's a heck of a lot going on. We have an awful lot to do, in a short amount of time: the 180nm tape-out is in October 2020 - only 7 months away. +With this update we're doing something slightly different: a request +has gone out [to the other team members](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-March/005428.html) +to say a little bit about what each of them is doing. This also helps me +because these updates do take quite a bit of time to write. + # NLNet Funding announcement -TODO +An announcement went out +[last year](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2019-09/msg00170.html) +that we'd applied for funding, and we got some great responses and +feedback (such as "don't use patented AXI4"). The second time, we +sent out a "we got it!" message and got some really nice private and +public replies, as well as requests from people to join the team. +More on that when it happens. # Coriolis2 experimentation started -TODO +TODO by Jock http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217#c44 # POWER ISA decoder and Simulator @@ -145,7 +156,28 @@ TODO # OpenPower Virtual Coffee Meetings -TODO +The "Virtual Coffee Meetings", announced +[here](https://openpowerfoundation.org/openpower-virtual-coffee-calls/) +are literally open to anyone interested in OpenPOWER (if you're strictly +Libre there's a dial-in method). These calls are not recorded, it's +just an informal conversation. + +What's a really nice surprise is finding +out that Paul Mackerras, whom I used to work with 20 years ago, is *also* +working on OpenPOWER, specifically +[microwatt](https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt), being managed +by Anton Blanchard. + +A brief discussion led to learning that Paul is looking at adding TLB +(Virtual Memory) support to microwatt, specifically the RADIX TLB. +I therefore pointed him at the same resource +[(power-gem5)](https://github.com/power-gem5/gem5/tree/gem5-experimental) +that Hugh had kindly pointed me at, the week before, and did a +[late night write-up](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-March/005445.html) + +My feeling is that these weekly round-table meetings are going to be +really important for everyone involved in OpenPOWER. It's a community: +we help each other. # Sponsorship by RaptorCS with a TALOS II Workstation -- 2.30.2