Why hifive board has swd debug port?

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I see the HIfive1 Rev B board schematics has support for JTAG & SWD debug port. If I am right, SWD is a ARM specific debug port, why is it in RISC-V hifive board?

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Hi Vincent,

The HiFive 1 Rev B board has a USB to Serial and JTAG conversion device as part of the Segger J-Link OB solution for on board debug of the SiFive FE310-G002 device. SWD is used for programming the Segger J-Link OB device.

The SiFive FE310-G002 device does not directly use SWD.

Note that some SiFive devices use cJTAG - but not the FE310-G002.

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