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 Requirements
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-Using Linux is recommended.
-The provided scripts will not work on macOS out of the box, but they may be able to be modified to support it.
+Chipyard is developed and tested on Linux-based systems.
+It is possible to use this on macOS or other BSD-based systems, although GNU tools will need to be installed; it is also recommended to install the RISC-V toolchain from ``brew``.
 Working under Windows is not recommended.
 
-* dtc (design-tree-compiler)
-
-* GNU awk
-
-* GNU sed
-
-* GNU make
-
 Checking out the sources
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