[RFC PATCH v5] RISC-V: Add support for the Zfa extension

[Jeff Law]

On 6/29/23 09:51, Philipp Tomsich wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 08:49, Jeff Law <jeffreyalaw@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 6/29/23 09:37, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
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>>>>>> So my understanding is that this needs to wait for ratification and is
>>>>>> not blocked by the mentioned PR.
>>>>> Is there something special about Zfa that makes it desirable to wait for
>>>>> ratification as opposed to standard practice of gating things as the
>>>>> specs get to a Frozen state?
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>>>> Not to my knowledge.
>>>
>>> Waiting for ratification is probably a bad idea, there's really no way
>>> to schedule around it.  That's a big part of the reason we've just
>>> waited for frozen.
>> Exactly.  ISTM that frozen is the right point to trigger.
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> Is this an OK to apply the changes to trunk?
I'll do another pass over and assuming everything looks good, I'll 
commit it later today.  Obviously the main driver is the upcoming 2.41 
release.  I'd rather have it in before Nick cuts the branch.


Jeff