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From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
To: palmer@dabbelt.com, paul.walmsley@sifive.com
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	wefu@redhat.com, guoren@kernel.org, mick@ics.forth.gr,
	samuel@sholland.org, cmuellner@linux.com,
	philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu, hch@lst.de,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] riscv: Improve description for RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT Kconfig symbol
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 19:02:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220518170254.3178923-3-heiko@sntech.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220518170254.3178923-1-heiko@sntech.de>

This improves the symbol's description to make it easier for
people to understand what it is about.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Suggested-by: Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 65285b980134..a4b299ad4473 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -356,8 +356,13 @@ config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
 	select RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
 	default y
 	help
-	   Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT extension
-	   (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and enable its usage.
+	   Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT
+	   ISA-extension (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and
+	   enable its usage.
+
+	   The memory type for a page contains a combination of attributes
+	   that indicate the cacheability, idempotency, and ordering
+	   properties for access to that page.
 
 	   The SVPBMT extension is only available on 64Bit cpus.
 
-- 
2.35.1


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From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
To: palmer@dabbelt.com, paul.walmsley@sifive.com
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	wefu@redhat.com, guoren@kernel.org, mick@ics.forth.gr,
	samuel@sholland.org, cmuellner@linux.com,
	philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu, hch@lst.de,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] riscv: Improve description for RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT Kconfig symbol
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 19:02:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220518170254.3178923-3-heiko@sntech.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220518170254.3178923-1-heiko@sntech.de>

This improves the symbol's description to make it easier for
people to understand what it is about.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Suggested-by: Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 65285b980134..a4b299ad4473 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -356,8 +356,13 @@ config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
 	select RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
 	default y
 	help
-	   Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT extension
-	   (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and enable its usage.
+	   Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT
+	   ISA-extension (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and
+	   enable its usage.
+
+	   The memory type for a page contains a combination of attributes
+	   that indicate the cacheability, idempotency, and ordering
+	   properties for access to that page.
 
 	   The SVPBMT extension is only available on 64Bit cpus.
 
-- 
2.35.1


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-05-18 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-18 17:02 [PATCH 0/4] riscv: some svpbmt fixes Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02 ` Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02 ` [PATCH 1/4] riscv: drop cpufeature_apply_feature tracking variable Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02   ` Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02 ` Heiko Stuebner [this message]
2022-05-18 17:02   ` [PATCH 2/4] riscv: Improve description for RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT Kconfig symbol Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02 ` [PATCH 3/4] riscv: make patch-function pointer more generic in cpu_manufacturer_info struct Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02   ` Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02 ` [PATCH 4/4] riscv: fix dependency for t-head errata Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-18 17:02   ` Heiko Stuebner
2022-05-20  7:55   ` Guo Ren
2022-05-20  7:55     ` Guo Ren
2022-05-26 20:58 ` [PATCH 0/4] riscv: some svpbmt fixes Heiko Stübner
2022-05-26 20:58   ` Heiko Stübner

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