Greetings,
Very new to all of this but I’m hoping to do some software development/testing on Risc-V for which I just got my p550.
The short version, my board seems to have a 2024 version of the firmware and I need to update per the OS documentation. How?
Yes, I read the upgrade guide:-
https://www.sifive.com/document-file/hifive-premier-p550-image-update-procedure
Yes, I know I’m supposed to use the bootloader_ddr5_secboot.bin file. But that file doesn’t exist for the 2026 release:-
In fact, it seems that file only exists in prereleases… which doesn’t inspire confidence. Nothing seems to be mentioned in the Getting Started nor FAQ. The git repo doesn’t mention p550 in the notes, but it looks like there’s a different branch?? Not sure what that’s all about as it isn’t explained very clearly… But maybe I don’t need to know that?
So… how do I update to the latest firmware? I’m I expected to compile it myself? Why not release the build as with the prereleases? Just confused and looking for some guidance.
Thanks!
