[RFC 0/6] Deprecate riscv,isa DT property?

[Conor Dooley]

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:08:35AM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 01:17:03PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:

> > ISA string parsed for both DT and ACPI.
> > 
> > For ACPI, moving to a per-extension bit in a bitmap and defining
> > a new bit with every ISA extension will be very very inconvenient
> > for updating the ACPI specs. We should continue the ISA string
> > parsing at least for ACPI.
> > 
> > For DT, users can either use "riscv,isa" DT property or use boolean
> > DT properties.
> > 
> From ACPI perspective, the format better be backed by unpriv (or any
> other) spec from RVI considering it is a standard across OSs and to
> avoid any maintenance issues.

DT is also used across multiple OSes, I am not sure what your point is
here.
The problem, for DT in particular, is defining __which__ version of the
unpriv spec meaning is derived from, not whether to use definitions from
the specifications.
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