Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] riscv: allow case-insensitive ISA string parsing

From: Palmer Dabbelt
Date: Tue Jun 13 2023 - 13:50:52 EST



On Tue, 02 May 2023 00:10:19 +0800, Yangyu Chen wrote:
> This patchset allows case-insensitive ISA string parsing, which is
> needed in the ACPI environment. As the RISC-V Hart Capabilities Table
> (RHCT) description in UEFI Forum ECR[1] shows the format of the ISA
> string is defined in the RISC-V unprivileged specification[2]. However,
> the RISC-V unprivileged specification defines the ISA naming strings are
> case-insensitive while the current ISA string parser in the kernel only
> accepts lowercase letters. In this case, the kernel should allow
> case-insensitive ISA string parsing. Moreover, this reason has been
> discussed in Conor's patch[3]. And I have also checked the current ISA
> string parsing in the recent ACPI support patch[4] will also call
> `riscv_fill_hwcap` function as DT we use now.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/2] riscv: allow case-insensitive ISA string parsing
https://git.kernel.org/palmer/c/255b34d799dd
[2/2] dt-bindings: riscv: drop invalid comment about riscv,isa lower-case reasoning
https://git.kernel.org/palmer/c/9e320d7ca46a

Best regards,
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Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>