cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46604530
Built for Rapid Upstream Delivery
Rolling releases with upstream tracking bring new RISC-V features and fixes to you sooner—less waiting, less rework.
Built for RISC-V Developers
Stay close to upstream to reduce backports and forks. Easier reproduction, faster debugging, smoother upstream contributions.
Built for Early Validation
Surfaces firmware, platform semantics, and Linux interoperability issues early—so vendors fix faster, reduce divergence, and reach mainstream OS compatibility sooner.
Does risc-v have uefi like x86 or it requires specific image for every machine like before?
Yes, both.
The architecture is really varied. You can get super cheap SoCs that are barely capable of running FreeRTOS, and you can get 100+ core beasts with EFI, PCIe, etc.