Maybe that flaw can be used to SSH into the Pi remotely? I mean to access another Pi with the Risc-V part of it, running a virtualized rpi OS, that would SSH into the ARM rpi OS that is running the true OS, and both can use their separate display and desktop environment separately?Could those people promoting RISC-V say why they think this would be a profitable route for RPL ?
Many commercial applications are totally wedded to ARM, so even if there was a RISC-V SoC, RPL would have to carry on developing the ARM branch as well with new SoCs for that.
So would a RISC-V Pi even generate enough sales to justify the costs of this whole new branch ?
A few other points :
The ARM licence fee Broadcom pay on the SoCs RPL use is probably about 5 cents, 10 at most. Hardly a major cost saving to be had.
I suspect some larger shareholders might state an x86 version would be more profitable. I think it would be another unwanted diversion so please don't think I want it though.
Also one of the security flaws on the RP2350 only existed because of the RISC-V cores.
Someone's flaw is someone else's nest...
Statistics: Posted by Zool64Pi — Thu Jul 24, 2025 3:31 am