linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] riscv: Support vendor extensions and xtheadvector

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:39:27 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
	Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
	Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	Evan Green <evan@...osinc.com>,
	Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] riscv: Support vendor extensions and
 xtheadvector

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 09:11:57PM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:

> Changes in v2:
> - Added commit hash to xtheadvector
> - Simplified riscv,isa vector removal fix to not mess with the DT
>   riscv,vendorid
> - Moved riscv,vendorid parsing into a different patch and cache the
>   value to be used by alternative patching
> - Reduce riscv,vendorid missing severity to "info"
> - Separate vendor extension list to vendor files
> - xtheadvector no longer puts v in the elf_hwcap

> - Only patch vendor extension if all harts are associated with the same
>   vendor. This is the best chance the kernel has for working properly if
>   there are multiple vendors.

I don't agree with this lack of trust in what firmware is telling us.

I'm not really gonna review this v2 until discussion has finished in v1
about some things, I fundamentally disagree with handling the same
extension differently for different CPU vendors and I don't wanna
fracture that conversation further.

> - Split hwprobe vendor keys out into vendor file
> - Add attribution for Heiko's patches
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240411-dev-charlie-support_thead_vector_6_9-v1-0-4af9815ec746@rivosinc.com

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