Running benchmarks in riscv/riscv-tests using a RISC-V emulator `Spike`

01-commands-on-your-host.bash

docker build -t spike:latest .
docker run -it spike:latest bash

02-commands-in-container.bash

# Install riscv-tests
git clone https://github.com/riscv/riscv-tests
cd riscv-tests
git submodule update --init --recursive
autoconf
./configure --prefix=$PWD/target
make
make install

# Run benchmarks
cd target/share/riscv-tests
spike benchmarks/median.riscv
#-> mcycle = 6165
#-> minstret = 6170

Dockerfile

# Uses `ubuntu` image (not `rust`) because SiFive's compiled tools work on Ubuntu 14.04.
FROM ubuntu:14.04

WORKDIR /setup

# Configure apt and install packages
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends apt-utils dialog 2>&1 \
    #
    # Verify git, process tools installed
    && apt-get -y install git iproute2 procps \
    #
    # Install host's gcc for `cargo install`
    && apt-get -y install gcc \
    #
    # Install curl
    && apt-get -y install curl \
    #
    # Clean up
    && apt-get autoremove -y \
    && apt-get clean -y \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Install toolchain for RV32/RV64 from SiFive.
# Check for the latest package here: https://www.sifive.com/boards
RUN mkdir /opt/riscv64-toolchain \
    && curl -L https://static.dev.sifive.com/dev-tools/riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-8.3.0-2019.08.0-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz | tar xz -C /opt
ENV PATH $PATH:/opt/riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-8.3.0-2019.08.0-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14/bin

# Install Spike
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get -y install device-tree-compiler build-essential
RUN git clone https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-sim.git \
    && cd riscv-isa-sim \
    && mkdir build \
    && cd build \
    && ../configure --prefix=/opt/riscv-isa-sim \
    && make \
    && make install
ENV PATH $PATH:/opt/riscv-isa-sim/bin

CMD ["bash"]