Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] Documentation: riscv: add a section about ISA string ordering in /proc/cpuinfo

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Thu Dec 01 2022 - 21:14:20 EST


On 12/1/22 15:17, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 10:05:32AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:41:26PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> +#. Single-letter extensions come first, in "canonical order", so
>>> + "IMAFDQLCBKJTPVH".
>>
>> "..., that is ... ."
>
> Hmm, that reads strangely to me. s/that/which/.
>

OK.

>>
>>> +#. The first letter following the 'Z' conventionally indicates the most
>>> + closely related alphabetical extension category, IMAFDQLCBKJTPVH.
>>> + If multiple 'Z' extensions are named, they should be ordered first by
>>> + category, then alphabetically within a category.
>>> +
>>
>> Did you mean "most closely related alphabetical extension category in
>> canonical order"?
>
> I am not 100% sure what you are suggesting a replacement of here. I
> think I may reword this as:
> For additional standard extensions, the first letter following the 'Z'
> conventionally indicates the most closely related alphabetical
> extension category. If multiple 'Z' extensions are named, they will
> be ordered first by category, in canonical order as listed above, then
> alphabetically within a category.
>

That LGTM.

>>> +An example string following the order is:
>>> + rv64imadc_zifoo_zigoo_zafoo_sbar_scar_zxmbaz_xqux_xrux
>>> +
>>
>> IMO literal code block should be better fit for the example above,
>> rather than definition list:
>
> Uh, sure? I'm not sure what impact that has on the output, but I can
> switch to a pre-formatted block.
>

Something like ``foo``?

Thanks.

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