Re: FW: [PATCH v2 00/12] RISC-V glibc port for the 32 bit

[Zong Li <zongbox at gmail dot com>]

> >> This patch set contains the glibc port for the 32 bit RISC-V.
> >
> > FYI I finished reviewing this patch set - only for technical errors,
> > since I'm new to port reviews - and didn't find anything beyond what
> > I've already posted.
> >
> > I'll give it my +0.5 at least :-)
>
> Ya, I agree -- I think the problems here are in being confident we can actually declare a stable RV32I Linux ABI in the next week, not this actual patch set.
> I think we should keep it out of tree for this release -- when we did the RV64I port is was too rushed but there we at least had the existence of a handful of Linux distros to point to.  If we do this right we can just make a backport of the RV32I stuff to 2.28, do an experimental distro port, and then have confidence that the 2.28 will actually work.
>
> I think we should merge this soon after 2.28 branches as opposed to soon before
> 2.28 branches.  As far as I know there's no distros chomping at the bit for RV32I anyway, so it's not like delaying this for a release cycle will cause too many headaches like it would have with the RV64I port.

There are some changes in this glibc release and considerable
modification in kernel on the fly.
Just like you and Joseph say, it is more appropriate that we should
ensure the RV64I is stable first in this version,
and add the 32-bit port soon after 2.28. I seem a little bit rush to
hope to get the 32-bit port in 2.28 branch.