[libre-riscv-dev] Introduction

[Jacob Lifshay]

Glad to have you participate!

Jacob Lifshay

On Thu, May 2, 2019, 10:14 Samuel Falvo II <sam.falvo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone.  In part to ensure this list address is embedded in my
> GMail address book, and to let others know who I am, I thought I'd write a
> quick introduction.
>
> My name is Samuel A. Falvo II, though online I also go by kc5tja or
> Vertigo, depending on which social medium service you happen to be using.
>
> I am working on the Kestrel Computer Project [1], which is my attempt to
> build a fully open-source computer using FPGA technology.  My goal is to
> make a computer which, to the greatest extent that I can, approximates the
> user experience of a Commodore 64 or similar machine, but with contemporary
> parts.  You might occasionally hear reference to a neologism I coined to
> describe this idea, a "neoretro" computer.
>
> The above-linked site is a great introduction to the project, but it's
> dated, and I haven't bothered to update it in years.  For more recent
> information, software, and hardware files related to the latest incarnation
> of the concept, the Kestrel-3, please see [2].  I also maintain a
> not-as-frequently-updated project page at Hackaday.io [3].
>
> Prior to the Kestrel-3 kick-off, I had completed a predecessor computer
> design called the Kestrel-2DX[4].  This was a refinement of a still earlier
> project, the Kestrel-2 (sources for this are in the github repo), but with
> my first home-brew RISC-V processor design, the KCP53000.  This CPU was
> originally intended to be used with the Kestrel-3, but there were a number
> of problems with it that I am not comfortable with going forward, so for
> the Kestrel-3, I'm redesigning it, this time using nmigen and formal
> verification, two decisions that I've been extremely happy with so far.
> This will be called the KCP53000B design.
>
> The KCP53000B is currently MPLv2 licensed, but I've discussed with Luke the
> possibility of re-licensing it.  I was originally going to go with GPLv3,
> but Luke made some persuasive arguments that I should consider LGPLv2
> instead.
>
> Right now, due to my work schedule, I spend an average of about three hours
> per week working on the Kestrel, but it's typically bursty.  I'll not have
> the energy to work on it for weeks at a time, and then one fateful week,
> I'll spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday just banging out code.  And then
> I'll be burnt out again for the next couple of weeks, and the cycle
> continues.  ;)
>
> Anyway, that's a little bit about me.  I look forward to collaborating in
> any meaningful way that I can, time constraints permitting.  Thank you Luke
> for inviting me to join this list.
>
> ________
> 1.  http://kestrelcomputer.github.io/kestrel/
> 2.  http://chiselapp.com/user/kc5tja/repository/kestrel-3/index
> 3.  https://hackaday.io/project/10035-kestrel-computer-project
> 4.  https://chiselapp.com/user/kc5tja/repository/kestrel-2dx/index
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> Samuel A. Falvo II
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