linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/2] RISC-V: A proposal to add vendor-specific code

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Date:   Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:05:51 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Vincent Chen <vincentc@...estech.com>
Cc:     palmer@...ive.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu, zong@...estech.com,
        arnd@...db.de, alankao@...estech.com, greentime@...estech.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kito@...estech.com,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, deanbo422@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] RISC-V: A proposal to add vendor-specific code

On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 02:58:07PM +0800, Vincent Chen wrote:
> Many thanks for kinds of comments. I quickly synthesize the comments and
> list them as below.
> 1. The kernel image shall include all vendor-specific code.

I fundamentally disagree with this… and think it should be the contrary.

1. The kernel shall support no vendor specific instructions whatsoever,
period.