c on bare metal risc v

programming in c on bare metal risc-v systems involves writing code that runs directly on the hardware without an operating system. this tutorial will guide you through the fundamental steps necessary to set up a bare metal risc-v environment and develop simple applications.

prerequisites

2. **risc-v simulator or hardware**: you can use a risc-v simulator like `spike` or `qemu`, or you can run your code on actual risc-v hardware.

3. **basic knowledge of c**: familiarity with c programming language will be beneficial.

setting up the development environment

1. **install the risc-v toolchain**:
- follow the instructions on the toolchain github page to build and install it. make sure the `riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc` command is available in your path.

2. **create a project directory**:
- create a directory for your bare metal project:
```bash
mkdir riscv-bare-metal
cd riscv-bare-metal
```

3. **create a source file**:
- create a file named `main.c` for your c code:
```c
// main.c
include stdint.h

// define the base address for the uart (for example)
define uart_base 0x10000000

// function to write a character to uart
void uart_putc(char c) {
volatile uint32_t *uart_tx = (uint32_t *)(uart_base);
*uart_tx = c;
}

// function to initialize the system
void init() {
// initialization code can go here
}

// the main function
int main() {
init();
const char *msg = "hello, risc-v bare metal!\n";
while (*msg) {
uart_putc(*msg++);
}
return 0; // bare metal programs may not return
}
```

create a linker script

a linker script is necessary to tell the link ...

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