riscv (aka RISC-V)
Processor compatibility
riscv is a free and open standard 64-bit and 32-bit architecture introduced in 2014.
rv64 designates 64-bit, rv32 32-bit RISC-V processors.
The lp64d stages can be used on all 64-bit processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set.
The lp64 stages require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.
Multilib stages include toolchain support for all 64-bit and 32-bit ABI and are based on lp64d. They are mostly useful for development and testing purposes.
The ilp32d stages can be used on all 32-bit processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set.
The ilp32 stages require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.
Downloads
- Boot media allow you to boot from, e.g., an USB stick or CD and install Gentoo using a Stage.
- A Stage (previously called Stage 3) is a minimal set of Gentoo binaries to build a system in any way possible.
- Containers and Images provide a ready-to-use Gentoo system, e.g. for cloud or virtual machine usage.
- All release files are signed with an official OpenPGP key and distributed via world-wide download mirrors.
Stages
RV64 stage archives
Stages (advanced)
Multilib stage archives
musl RV64 stage archives
musl RV32 stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems, please see the musl usage guide. Note that users of musl stages will need to be comfortable filing bug reports and sometimes providing patches.
Containers and Images
QCOW2 disk images
The disk images are full bootable Gentoo installations in qemu's QCOW2 disk format. They require UEFI support for booting. One variant comes with no network services and a password-less root account, the other with access locked by default but cloud-init running on boot.
Additional links
Download directory (contents, hashes, and signatures)
While our main distribution site https://distfiles.gentoo.org/ is already backed by a CDN, your download speeds may still vary depending on your location. We encourage you to select mirror sites close to you.
All official Gentoo releases are accompanied by an OpenPGP signature. The corresponding keys as well as instructions on how to verify the signatures can be found on the release media signature page.