Tethering

Archive Freedom U500
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All,

I am trying to better understand the tethering dependency and how it applies (if at all) to the Freedom U500.

Questions:

  1. Is there a good explanation of what tethering is?
  2. Is tethering more of a legacy thing that only applies to older cores?
  3. In turn, does it apply to the Freedom U500

Thanks,
Brendon

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Could you please be more specific. What tethering are you referring to?

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In looking at some documentation on the RocketChip, there are older ones that are dependent on a companion processor via the Host Target Interface (HTIF). Has that been deprecated and is it present in the Freedom U500?

Thanks.

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HTIF is not used in any SiFive product. It was an interface used by Berkeley to run cores without a surrounding SoC.