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Currently, the every vcpu only stores the ISA extensions in a unsigned long which is not scalable as number of extensions will continue to grow. Using a bitmap allows the ISA extension to support any number of extensions. The CONFIG one reg interface implementation is modified to support the bitmap as well. But it is meant only for base extensions. Thus, the first element of the bitmap array is sufficient for that interface. In the future, all the new multi-letter extensions must use the ISA_EXT one reg interface that allows enabling/disabling any extension now. Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.