and support
[[!table data="""
-Feature/Need | RISC-V | MIPS | OpenPOWER | OpenRISC |
-Open | NO (1) | NO (2) | NO (3) | Yes |
-Libre-friendly | NO (1) | unknown | Yes | Yes |
-Trademarked | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
-Extensible | NO (4) | unknown | (5) | Yes |
-gcc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
-llvm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
-distros (deb) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
-buildroot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
-linux kernel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+Feature/Need | RISC-V | MIPS | OpenPOWER | OpenRISC |
+Open | NO (1) | NO (2) | maybe (3) | Yes |
+Libre-friendly | NO (1) | unknown | Yes | Yes |
+Trademarked | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+Extensible | NO (4) | unknown | (5) | Yes |
+gcc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+llvm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+llvm upstream | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+distros (debian) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+distros (ubuntu) | No | No | Yes | No |
+distros (fedora) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+buildroot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+linux kernel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+64-bit linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+virtualizable | Yes | unknown | Yes | No (6) |
+64-bit asics | many | many | many | none |
+sw community size | large | medium | very large | tiny (7) |
+little-endian asics | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
+Java (OpenJDK) | no JIT | unknown | Yes | No |
+Java (Android) | No? | Yes | No | No |
+V8 node.js/chromium | no JIT | Yes | Yes | No |
+PyPy | No | No | Yes | No |
+Mono (.net) | No? | 32-bit | Yes | No |
"""]]
* (1) too numerous reasons to count, for well over 4 years.
in direct violation of Trademark Law's clear-cut responsibilities.
* (5) provisionally and in principle: yes. however as of 2019jan21 this is
yet to be tested and an agreement reached.
+* (6) no mentions of virtualization found in spec
+* (7) dozens to hundreds of people, several companies