feature: Remote Containers

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+ARG USER
+
+ARG TOOL_FOLDER
+
+ENV TOOL_FOLDER ${TOOL_FOLDER:-/home/${USER}/sifive-tools}
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && apt install -y locales sudo screen
+
+ENV ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt install -y nano git bash-completion bc curl python3 python3-pip python3-venv
+
+RUN useradd -m -s /bin/bash ${USER} \
+    && passwd -d ${USER} \
+    && usermod -aG sudo ${USER}
+
+USER ${USER}
+
+RUN mkdir ${TOOL_FOLDER}
+
+RUN curl https://static.dev.sifive.com/dev-tools/riscv-openocd-0.10.0-2020.04.6-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz -o ${TOOL_FOLDER}/openocd.tar.gz \
+    && tar -zxvf ${TOOL_FOLDER}/openocd.tar.gz -C ${TOOL_FOLDER} --one-top-level=openocd --strip-components=1
+
+RUN curl https://static.dev.sifive.com/dev-tools/riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc-8.3.0-2020.04.0-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz -o ${TOOL_FOLDER}/gnu-tools.tar.gz \
+    && tar -zxvf ${TOOL_FOLDER}/gnu-tools.tar.gz -C ${TOOL_FOLDER} --one-top-level=gnu-tools --strip-components=1
+
+RUN curl https://static.dev.sifive.com/dev-tools/freedom-tools/v2020.08/riscv-qemu-5.1.0-2020.08.1-x86_64-linux-ubuntu14.tar.gz -o ${TOOL_FOLDER}/riscv-qemu.tar.gz \
+    && tar -zxvf ${TOOL_FOLDER}/riscv-qemu.tar.gz -C ${TOOL_FOLDER} --one-top-level=riscv-qemu --strip-components=1
+
+ENV RISCV_OPENOCD_PATH ${TOOL_FOLDER}/openocd
+ENV RISCV_PATH ${TOOL_FOLDER}/gnu-tools
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:RISCV_OPENOCD_PATH/bin:${RISCV_PATH}/bin:${TOOL_FOLDER}/riscv-qemu/bin

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.158.0/containers/ubuntu
+{
+	"name": "Ubuntu",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"args": {
+			"USER": "${localEnv:USER}"
+		}
+	},
+
+	"runArgs": ["--privileged",  "-v/dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb"],
+
+	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+	"settings": { 
+		"terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash"
+	},
+
+	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+	"extensions": [
+		"ms-vscode.cpptools"
+	],
+
+	"remoteUser": "${localEnv:USER}"
+}

README.md

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 Run `make help` for more commands.
 
+### Remote Container
+
+You can use the remote container to do your programming your board.
+
+The Remote Container would have all the required Software installed except the Segger Jlink Software (needed for sifive-revb).
+
+You would have to get it from here: https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/JLink_Linux_x86_64.deb (Link is for debian based systems)
+
+### Connect to Segger JLink devices using JLinkEXE ###
+
+Run JlinkExe
+```
+JLinkExe
+```
+
+connect via USB:
+```
+usb
+```
+
+select device:
+```
+device [FE310]
+```
+
 ### For More Information ###
 
 Documentation, Forums, and much more available at