[octoberfranklin]

> Today I’m writing this on the HiFive Unmatched

That board's firmware is not open-source at all. See the link in my previous comment.

> Zero idea what blobs this requires.

You've stumbled into the wrong thread, my friend. This thread is about open-source firmware. The stuff you're hyping does not deliver that.

[pabs3]

I hardly stumbled into this thread, I was the one who posted it to HN.

I am definitely not hyping anything, least of all SiFive.

This subthread started with the need for RISC-V workstations, I simply pointed out the closest thing to one of those. Of course I didn't mention the firmware situation, which was a mistake, but I also didn't know about the situation.