[PATCH v2] riscv-sbi.adoc: Clarify that an SBI extension shall not be partially implemented
Bin Meng
Mention that an SBI extension shall not be partially implemented.
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...>
---
Changes in v2:
- %s/a SBI/an SBI
- reword the clarification
riscv-sbi.adoc | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/riscv-sbi.adoc b/riscv-sbi.adoc
index 6b548a5..df90840 100644
--- a/riscv-sbi.adoc
+++ b/riscv-sbi.adoc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
* Improved documentation of SBI hart state managment extension
* Added suspend function to SBI hart state managment extension
* Added performance monitoring unit extension
+* Clarified that an SBI extension shall not be partially implemented
=== Version 0.2
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ abstraction for platform (or hypervisor) specific functionality. The design
of the SBI follows the general RISC-V philosophy of having a small core along
with a set of optional modular extensions.
+SBI extensions as whole are optional but they shall not be partially
+implemented. If sbi_probe_extension() signals that an extension is available,
+all functions conforming to the SBI version reported by sbi_get_spec_version()
+must be implemented in total.
+
The higher privilege software providing SBI interface to the supervisor-mode
software is referred to as an SBI implemenation or Supervisor Execution
Environment (SEE). An SBI implementation (or SEE) can be platform runtime
--
2.25.1
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...>
---
Changes in v2:
- %s/a SBI/an SBI
- reword the clarification
riscv-sbi.adoc | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/riscv-sbi.adoc b/riscv-sbi.adoc
index 6b548a5..df90840 100644
--- a/riscv-sbi.adoc
+++ b/riscv-sbi.adoc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
* Improved documentation of SBI hart state managment extension
* Added suspend function to SBI hart state managment extension
* Added performance monitoring unit extension
+* Clarified that an SBI extension shall not be partially implemented
=== Version 0.2
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ abstraction for platform (or hypervisor) specific functionality. The design
of the SBI follows the general RISC-V philosophy of having a small core along
with a set of optional modular extensions.
+SBI extensions as whole are optional but they shall not be partially
+implemented. If sbi_probe_extension() signals that an extension is available,
+all functions conforming to the SBI version reported by sbi_get_spec_version()
+must be implemented in total.
+
The higher privilege software providing SBI interface to the supervisor-mode
software is referred to as an SBI implemenation or Supervisor Execution
Environment (SEE). An SBI implementation (or SEE) can be platform runtime
--
2.25.1