[PATCH v3 8/8] RISC-V: hwprobe: Document unaligned vector perf key

[Conor Dooley]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 08:50:01PM -0400, Jesse Taube wrote:
> Document key for reporting the speed of unaligned vector accesses.
> The descriptions are the same as the scalar equivalent values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jesse at rivosinc.com>
> ---
> V1 -> V2:
>   - New patch
> V2 -> V3:
>  - Specify access width
> ---
>  Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> index 7085a694b801..d102b4a16d55 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> @@ -236,3 +236,19 @@ The following keys are defined:
>  
>  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
>    represents the size of the Zicboz block in bytes.
> +
> +* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VEC_MISALIGNED_PERF`: An enum value describing the
> +  performance of misaligned vector accesses on the selected set of processors.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
> +    accesses is unknown.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: 32bit misaligned accesses are slower

s/32bit/32-bit/

Thanks,
Conor.

> +    than equivalent byte accesses.  Misaligned accesses may be supported
> +    directly in hardware, or trapped and emulated by software.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_FAST`: 32bit misaligned accesses are faster
> +    than equivalent byte accesses.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned accesses are
> +    not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault.
> -- 
> 2.45.2
> 
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