linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: riscv: Fix typo MIMPLID -> MIMPID

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Message-ID: <c023271e-23fe-40f4-8e84-8f99f6156484@ghiti.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:57:20 +0100
From: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
To: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt
 <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
 Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>,
 Evan Green <evan@...osinc.com>, Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>,
 Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: riscv: Fix typo MIMPLID -> MIMPID

Hi Nam, Jon,

On 25/09/2024 16:25, Nam Cao wrote:
> The macro that is really defined is RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPID, not
> RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPLID (difference is the 'L').
>
> Also, the riscv privileged specification names the register "mimpid", not
> "mimplid".
>
> Correct these typos.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
> ---
> ask me how I found out..
>
>   Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> index 85b709257918..fb0affa61eb9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The following keys are defined:
>   * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MARCHID`: Contains the value of ``marchid``, as
>     defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
>   
> -* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPLID`: Contains the value of ``mimplid``, as
> +* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPID`: Contains the value of ``mimpid``, as
>     defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
>   
>   * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_BASE_BEHAVIOR`: A bitmask containing the base


It looks like this patch was never merged even though it is relevant. 
@Jon: is it ok to merge it as-is? If you want, I can merge it, let me 
know how you want to proceed.

Thanks,

Alex