Re: [PATCH] riscv: Work to remove kernel dependence on the M-extension

Michael T. Kloos
2022-03-10T13:37:51Z

Is there something I can do that would help alleviate your concerns or
apprehension?

On 3/10/2022 8:22 AM, Michael T. Kloos wrote:

> Some other thoughts:
> It sounds like I am not the first person to want this feature and I
> probably won't be the last.  I created the change for my own reasons, the
> same as any other contributor.  I think we all know that I can not pull
> out some chart and say, "This many people want this and here is why."  I
> live in central Ohio and have been doing this as a hobby.  I don't even
> know anyone else who knows about systems and operating system development.
> If the justification that you are looking for is that I as some
> hypothetical developer at a major tech company is about to release a new
> RISC-V chip without M support but we want it to run Linux, I can not
> provide that answer.  It sounds a bit like some software or hardware,
> chicken or the egg anyway.  Trying to maintain my own fork if people
> start contributing patches with incompatible assembly scares me.
>     Michael