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envelope-from=npiggin@gmail.com; helo=mail-dy1-x1336.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 05:46:38PM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote: > From: Fei Wu > > The harts requirements of RISC-V server platform [1] require RVA23 ISA > profile support and others. > > This patch provides a new "riscv-server-ref" CPU to go along with the > future "riscv-server-ref" board. About compatibility, if we get a server platform spec v2.0 that requires a different machine and RVA28 + Sxxx CPU. Is the plan to update these, or add a new CPU and machine types? If the latter, then perhaps a version in the names like riscv-server-v1.0 / riscv-server-v1.0-cpu would be good. Non-versioned names could be aliases to the latest one, but I don't know if that is really worthwhile particularly for non virtualized system. Thanks, Nick