linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] Documentation: riscv: add a section about ISA string ordering in /proc/cpuinfo

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 10:05:32 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        ajones@...tanamicro.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu, corbet@....net,
        guoren@...nel.org, heiko@...ech.de, paul.walmsley@...ive.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] Documentation: riscv: add a section about ISA
 string ordering in /proc/cpuinfo

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:41:26PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> +#. Single-letter extensions come first, in "canonical order", so
> +   "IMAFDQLCBKJTPVH".

"..., that is ... ."

> +#. The first letter following the 'Z' conventionally indicates the most
> +   closely related alphabetical extension category, IMAFDQLCBKJTPVH.
> +   If multiple 'Z' extensions are named, they should be ordered first by
> +   category, then alphabetically within a category.
> +

Did you mean "most closely related alphabetical extension category in
canonical order"?

> +An example string following the order is:
> +   rv64imadc_zifoo_zigoo_zafoo_sbar_scar_zxmbaz_xqux_xrux
> +
 
IMO literal code block should be better fit for the example above,
rather than definition list:

---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst b/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst
index bc3c8ced644bcf..8005add855dc43 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ ordering, so for our purposes the following rules apply:
 #. Non-standard extensions (starts with 'X') will be listed after all
    standard extensions.
 
-An example string following the order is:
+An example string following the order is::
+
    rv64imadc_zifoo_zigoo_zafoo_sbar_scar_zxmbaz_xqux_xrux
 
Thanks.

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