i remember using DEC VAX ancillary control processes and writing knob and trackball device drivers in user land in the early 80s. I tried to find something describing this but I think it is lost to an

Is there a checklist of requirements for priv specifications? if not should there be? If there is, would this be a requirement in that list to specify to some level of clarity (maybe indicating what i

Krste has said (correct me if I am wrong) that the unpriv SC owns the opcode space. I know there is a lot of overlap in the SC members but I suggest we get that SC officially in the loop. I have CC'ed

Thank you. If I understand this correctly I agree with all you have said. If this is a once at boot time requirement regardless of mode and there is a reasonable way to do it, then i concur that well

how is this intended to work with versions? so we ratify some 1.0 spec and we come along and call it 1.1 that has additive changes, i thought i heard that ecosystem around risc-v including compilers a