[brucehoult]

If you don't have the C extension then you can't run off the shelf Linux distros such as Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch and are limited to what you compile yourself e.g. Buildroot / Yocto.

However the actual academic paper says it's RV64G, no C.

[ansible]

Thanks for the correction Bruce. I was in a rush (never post when you are in a rush, or drunk, or angry) and I was so used to seeing RV64GC that I didn't notice the absence of the 'C'.

[cmrx64]

The RVV here isn’t compatible with mainstream Linux anyway.