README.md
1# README #
2
3This repository, maintained by SiFive, Inc, makes it easy to get started developing software for the Freedom E RISC-V platform.
4
5### Contents ###
6
7* RISC-V Software Toolchain
8* RISC-V Debugging Toolchain
9* Board Support Packages for FE310 and Development Kits
10* A Few Example Programs
11
12### Setting up the SDK ###
13
14First, clone this repository:
15
16```
17git clone --recursive https://github.com/sifive/freedom-e-sdk.git
18```
19
20To see Makefile options:
21
22```
23cd freedom-e-sdk
24make help
25```
26
27#### Building Tools from Source ####
28
29Ubuntu packages needed:
30
31 $ 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
32
33Next, build the tools:
34
35```
36cd freedom-e-sdk
37make tools [BOARD=freedom-e300-hifive1]
38```
39
40If 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.
41
42
43#### Using Pre-Built Binary Tools ####
44
45If you would like to avoid compiling the tools from source, they are
46available as pre-built binaries from
47
48https://sifive.com/products/tools
49
50For OpenOCD and/or RISC-V GNU Toolchain,
51download the .tar.gz for your platform, and unpack it to
52your desired location. Then, use the `RISC_PATH` and `RISCV_OPENOCD_PATH`
53variables when attempting to use the tools:
54
55```
56cp openocd-<date>-<platform>.tar.gz /my/desired/location/
57cp riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-<date>-<platform>.tar.gz /my/desired/location
58cd /my/desired/location
59tar -xvf openocd-<date>-<platform>.tar.gz
60tar -xvf riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-<date>-<platform>.tar.gz
61export RISCV_OPENOCD_PATH=/my/desired/location/openocd
62export RISCV_PATH=/my/desired/location/riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-<date>-<version>
63```
64
65### Updating your SDK ###
66
67If you'd like to update your SDK to the latest version:
68
69```
70cd freedom-e-sdk
71git pull origin master
72git submodule update --init --recursive
73```
74
75If you would like to recompile the entire toolchain after performing the above:
76
77```
78make uninstall
79make tools
80```
81### Using the Tools ###
82
83To compile a bare-metal RISC-V program:
84
85```
86cd freedom-e-sdk
87make software [PROGRAM=demo_gpio] [BOARD=freedom-e300-hifive1]
88```
89
90Run `make help` for more commands.
91
92### Benchmarking ###
93
94#### Dhrystone ####
95
96After setting up the software and debug toolchains, you can build and
97execute everyone's favorite benchmark as follows:
98
99- Compile the benchmark with the command `make software PROGRAM=dhrystone`.
100- Run on the HiFive1 board with the command `make upload PROGRAM=dhrystone`.
101 This will take a few minutes. Sample output is provided below.
102- Compute DMIPS by dividing the Dhrystones per Second result by 1757, which
103 was the VAX 11/780's performance. In the example below, 729927 / 1757 =
104 415 DMIPS.
105- Compute DMIPS/MHz by dividing by the clock rate: in the example below,
106 415 / 260 = 1.60 DMIPS/MHz.
107
108```
109core freq at 259830579 Hz
110
111Dhrystone Benchmark, Version 2.1 (Language: C)
112
113<snip>
114
115Microseconds for one run through Dhrystone: 1.3
116Dhrystones per Second: 729927.0
117```
118
119#### CoreMark ####
120
121We cannot distribute the CoreMark benchmark, but following are instructions
122to download and run the benchmark on the HiFive1 board:
123
124- Download CoreMark from EEMBC's web site and extract the archive from
125 http://www.eembc.org/coremark/download.php.
126- Copy the following files from the extracted archive into the
127 `software/coremark` directory in this repository:
128 - `core_list_join.c`
129 - `core_main.c`
130 - `coremark.h`
131 - `core_matrix.c`
132 - `core_state.c`
133 - `core_util.c`
134- Compile the benchmark with the command `make software PROGRAM=coremark`.
135- Run on the HiFive1 board with the command `make upload PROGRAM=coremark`.
136- Divide the reported Iterations/Sec by the reported core frequency in MHz to
137 obtain a CoreMarks/MHz value.
138
139### For More Information ###
140
141Documentation, Forums, and much more available at
142
143[dev.sifive.com](https://dev.sifive.com)
144