Lazarus and VisionFive V1

[superc]

Hello,

browsing around I came across this board:

https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/27/visionfive-v1-risc-v-linux-sbc-resurrects-beaglev-single-board-computer/


and cpu is Dual-core Sifive U74 RISC-V processor.

would lazarus work on that platform?

Thanks in advance.

[Thaddy]

AFAIK work is being done to support RISK-V, so  follow that.

[superc]

Good news, nice card, right?

[Thaddy]

Right,
The compiler for riscv is also in trunk/main, so you can try it out. If it is in trunk/main it means it is almost feature complete and open for testing.
There are a few members who are interested, so keep following and posting!

[Arioch]

I wonder if anyone managed not cross-compile, but run Lazarus on RISC-V

Granted, dektop computers are expensive now, like https://hackaday.com/2019/02/11/building-a-risc-v-desktop/
But at least they are already possible.

[MarkMLl]

I wonder if anyone managed not cross-compile, but run Lazarus on RISC-V

Granted, dektop computers are expensive now, like https://hackaday.com/2019/02/11/building-a-risc-v-desktop/
But at least they are already possible.

My general experience looking- some years ago- at FPC and Lazarus on various platforms was that once the compiler was OK Lazarus just worked.

The issues tended to be (a) oversights in the compiler/RTL/FCL makefiles where a particular library wasn't built for that platform and (b) issues relating to endianness or alignment (most of which got sorted when I was whining at the developers about SPARC support, except possibly for an alignment issue in lhelp).

I definitely had Lazarus running natively on SPARC (Linux and SunOS/Solaris), ARM (Linux on an NSLU2 "Slug") and possibly on MIPS (Linux). The fact that it could be built and would run on a Slug, albeit with lots of swapspace, suggests that it would probably build and run on a Linux-capable RISC-V board which will almost certainly have more resources... perhaps I should say /proportionately/ more resources, allowing for the bloat that's affected almost all code over the last ten years.

MarkMLl

[MarkMLl]

The compiler for riscv is also in trunk/main, so you can try it out. If it is in trunk/main it means it is almost feature complete and open for testing.
There are a few members who are interested, so keep following and posting!

The availability of RISCV development kits for £10 and chips for around $0.10 in quantity might be a game changer.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004895791296.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Wrv7nW-S8

I'll report back when I have time, but if Dave can do it... :-)

MarkMLl