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Welcome to Libre-SOC

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We're building a chip. A fast chip. A safe chip. A trusted chip.

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We're building a chip. A fast chip. A safe chip. A trusted chip. +

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A chip with lots of peripherals. And a VPU. And a 3D GPU...

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A chip with lots of peripherals. And it's a VPU. And it's a 3D GPU... +

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Oh and here, have the source code...

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Oh and here, have the + Libre-SOC source code... +

@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ providing our own Free/Libre drivers. Easy as 1, 2, 3!

A few names come to mind:

- - # Our Team -We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us). +We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us) +located all across the world: UK US Canada Germany Greece India +Kuwait. # Our sponsors and partners +* [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl) who have very kindly sponsored us with + over EUR 550,000 in various separate grants. +* [NGI POINTER](https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-pointer/) who have + sponsored us with a EUR 200,000 Horizon 2020 Grant. +* [Mythic Beasts](http://mythic-beasts.com) who don't overcommit on + their VPS allocations (no memory ballooning), and put servers on + the fastest backbone Internet points. * [Purism](http://puri.sm) donates to us through [NLNet](nlnet) charitable gifting * [Raptor CS](http://raptorcs.com) has given us access to a powerful @@ -61,9 +71,10 @@ We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us). interface (more to come) * [MarketNext](http://marketnext.org) is helping us connect to developer resources in Emerging markets, for completion of NLNet-funded tasks. - See the upcoming [Hackathon](https://www.youtube.com/embed/Px6eakWja3Q"), - deadline May 15th * The [[PowerPC Notebook]] Project +* [RED Semiconductor](http://redsemiconductor.com) is the commercial realisation of Libre-SOC technology that respects and actively supports Libre principles in its business objectives. +* [[fed4fire]] for supercomputer access for verilator simulations, + with thanks to Ghent University / IMEC. # How Can I Help? @@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ funding and always appreciate more! If you are a Corporation or an individual you can donate tax-free to NLNet, and they can in turn gift our developers. Contact lkcl@lkcl.net for more information. -# How Can I Help as a Developer? +# How Can I Help as a Developer? If you want to write code with us (and receive donations from NLNet for doing so), keep reading. If you want to *learn* @@ -82,10 +93,16 @@ just get in touch on the list, there is plenty to do. 1. First, join the [mailing list](http://lists.libre-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-soc-dev), - introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back"). Read through + introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back) and + the Libera IRC channel + (#libre-soc at irc.libera.chat port 6697, see +https://libera.chat/guides/connect), + it's also accessible via Libera.Chat's Matrix Bridge. + [logs here](https://libre-soc.org/irclog/latest.log.html). + Read through [recent posts](http://lists.libre-soc.org/pipermail/libre-soc-dev/) - and the [[charter]], and let everyone know, on the list that you're - happy with it and agree to it. + and the [[charter]], ask questions if you have any and let everyone know, + on the list that you're happy with it and agree to it. 2. The next thing you should do is read through the [bugs list](http://bugs.libre-soc.org) and see if there are any bugs that pique your interest. @@ -108,24 +125,15 @@ Also note that you can edit this wiki. You can experiment in the [[Sandbox]]. ## Quick peek at the code -Here is an example process of how to play with the soc code: - - pip3 install virtualenv requests - mkdir ~/.virtualenvs && cd ~/.virtualenvs - python3 -m venv libresoc - source ~/.virtualenvs/libresoc/bin/activate - - cd ~; mkdir libresoc; cd libresoc - git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/nmutil.git - git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/ieee754fpu.git - git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/soc.git - - cd nmutil; make install; cd .. - cd ieee754fpu; make install; cd .. - cd soc; make gitupdate; make install; cd .. - - python3 soc/src/soc/decoder/power_decoder.py - yosys -p "read_ilang decoder.il; show dec31" +The full install process may be automated using scripts found +here: +which you can clone with: + + git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git + +A convenient page which gives easy step-by-step instructions is: +[[HDL_workflow/devscripts]], and you can get started with a +[[docs/firststeps]] tutorial. ## How can I learn? @@ -154,13 +162,13 @@ design. See [[HDL_workflow]] We also need to find a c++ engineer with compiler experience to work on a MESA 3D driver. This will begin life similar to SwiftShader however -retaining the vectorisation and predication intrinsics as well as hardware -accelerated opcodes (all of which SwiftShader lacks) +retaining the vectorisation and predication intrinsics then adding +hardware accelerated opcodes (all of which SwiftShader lacks) Also, individuals with experience in formal mathematical verification are quite welcome. # Documentation - - [Source Code](/Documentation/index) + - [Source Code](/docs/) - [Architecture](3d_gpu/architecture)