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# README #
This repository, maintained by SiFive, Inc, makes it easy to get started developing software for the Freedom E RISC-V platform.
### Contents ###
* RISC-V Software Toolchain
* RISC-V Debugging Toolchain
* Board Support Packages for FE310 and Development Kits
* A Few Example Programs
### Setting up the SDK ###
First, clone this repository:
```
git clone --recursive https://github.com/sifive/freedom-e-sdk.git
```
Ubuntu packages needed:
$ sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libmpc-dev libmpfr-dev libgmp-dev gawk bison flex texinfo libtool libusb-1.0-0-dev make g++ pkg-config libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev
Next, build the tools:
```
cd freedom-e-sdk
make tools
```
If your machine has enough resources, you can speed up the build process by adding `-j n` to `make`, where `n` is the number of processors of your build system.
To compile a bare-metal RISC-V program:
```
cd freedom-e-sdk
make software [PROGRAM=demo_gpio]
```
To see additional options:
```
cd freedom-e-sdk
make help
```
### Benchmarking ###
#### Dhrystone ####
After setting up the software and debug toolchains, you can build and
execute everyone's favorite benchmark as follows:
- Compile the benchmark with the command `make software PROGRAM=dhrystone`.
- Run on the HiFive1 board with the command `make upload PROGRAM=dhrystone`.
This will take a few minutes. Sample output is provided below.
- Compute DMIPS by dividing the Dhrystones per Second result by 1757, which
was the VAX 11/780's performance. In the example below, 729927 / 1757 =
415 DMIPS.
- Compute DMIPS/MHz by dividing by the clock rate: in the example below,
415 / 260 = 1.60 DMIPS/MHz.
```
core freq at 259830579 Hz
Dhrystone Benchmark, Version 2.1 (Language: C)
<snip>
Microseconds for one run through Dhrystone: 1.3
Dhrystones per Second: 729927.0
```
#### CoreMark ####
We cannot distribute the CoreMark benchmark, but following are instructions
to download and run the benchmark on the HiFive1 board:
- Download CoreMark from EEMBC's web site and extract the archive from
http://www.eembc.org/coremark/download.php.
- Copy the following files from the extracted archive into the
`software/coremark` directory in this repository:
- `core_list_join.c`
- `core_main.c`
- `coremark.h`
- `core_matrix.c`
- `core_state.c`
- `core_util.c`
- Compile the benchmark with the command `make software PROGRAM=coremark`.
- Run on the HiFive1 board with the command `make upload PROGRAM=coremark`.
- Divide the reported Iterations/Sec by the reported core frequency in MHz to
obtain a CoreMarks/MHz value.
### For More Information ###
Documentation, Forums, and much more available at
[dev.sifive.com](https://dev.sifive.com)
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