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+How Genode came to RISC-V | 2016-03-22
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+| Our new article provides a look behind the scenes of porting Genode to
+| the RISC-V hardware architecture.
+
+The experience report
+[http:/documentation/articles/riscv - How Genode came to RISC-V] complements
+our recent
+[http:/documentation/release-notes/16.02#New_support_for_the_RISC-V_CPU_architecture - announcement]
+about Genode's added RISC-V support with in-depth technical information.
+It briefly introduces the parts of the instruction set architecture (ISA) that
+were most relevant for the porting work, presents various challenges we
+encountered, and explains how we overcame them.
+
+The article is written with two target audiences in mind: People interested in
+practical experiences with RISC-V, and developers who aspire to port Genode
+to new CPU architectures.
+[http:/documentation/articles/riscv - Read the article...]
+
+
 Genode OS Framework release 16.02 | 2016-02-26
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