[PATCH] riscv: add base extensions to enum riscv_isa_ext_id

Conor Dooley conor at kernel.org
Thu Dec 22 16:30:39 PST 2022



On 23 December 2022 00:03:18 GMT, Vineet Gupta <vineetg at rivosinc.com> wrote:
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>On 12/22/22 15:35, Conor Dooley wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 03:13:56PM -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:
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>>> On 12/22/22 14:53, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>>> Hi Vineet,
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 02:41:04PM -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:
>>>>> This allows for using the enum in general to refer to any extension.
>>>> What is the point of this patch? It's hard to understand the rationale
>>>> without having any user, especially...
>>> Right I'm trying to build a cpu feature enable API which required handling
>>> of all extensions.
>> Does it matter to you if it's defines or an enum, as long as every
>> extension is exposed to you via the same mechanism?
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>No, I just went with what v6.1 release code base had.
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>>> Ideally yes this needs to go there. But it seemed more like a cleanup type
>>> patch to warrant a standalone submission.
>> Meh, dw. Not expecting people to know about every patch under the sun.
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>No this patch doesn't require people to know what series it facilitates since IMO it is a trivial cleanup - fixing 2 disparate ways of defining extensions.

I meant it's not a problem that you weren't aware of what the other series is doing.

>And as I said it is not urgent, specially with other changes in flight.
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>Thx,
>-Vineet



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