Ubuntu 25.10 Continues Preparing for RISC-V RVA23 Baseline Requirement
10 days ago
- #RVA23
- #Ubuntu
- #RISC-V
- Canonical is enforcing the RVA23 profile for Ubuntu 25.10 RISC-V, which will exclude most existing RISC-V developer boards.
- The RVA23 profile requires Vector Extension and Hypervisor Extension support, limiting compatibility with current hardware.
- Compiler toolchain preparations for RVA23 are underway, including updates to GCC and LLVM.
- Ubuntu 25.10's RVA23 mandate aims to provide ample testing time before the critical Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release.
- Existing RISC-V users may need to stick with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 25.04 due to the new requirements.