[GIT PULL] RISC-V updates for v6.18-rc1

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 01:48:47PM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> 
> We first tackled big-endian support on ARM32 nearly 15 years ago, and
> drawing on that experience, we saw value in doing the same work on RISC-V as
> a way for newer engineers to gain hands-on experience contributing in the
> open.

Given the cost to the Linux kernel ecosystem as a whole, is giving
newer engineers "practice" really worth it?  I'm not convinced it is.

> > RISC-V is enough of a mess with the millions of silly configuration
> > issues already. Don't make it even worse.
> 
> This feels like the price you pay for making a flexible and free ecosystem
> to build cores.

Just because the RISC-V ecosystem wants to have a flexible ecosystem
doesn't mean that Linux kernel ecosystem is obliged to be just as
flexible, no?

					- Ted