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X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Christopher Lameter , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Walmsley , linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+infradead-linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 16:36, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > [...] > > How about the scratch registers defined on priv spec ? We already use > sscratch on Linux for keeping per-hart kernel data structures (check out > entry.S) and mscratch on OpenSBI for keeping per-hart state etc. Hmm, what is the "tp" register used for in kernel space today? _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv