From: Abner Chang <renba.chang@...>

Initial description of PLIC CLINT section of Linux-2022 platform.

On v5 commit,
- Remove CLINT from platform spec
- Require ACLINT on Linux2020 platform and have a link to https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/master/riscv-aclint.adoc.
- Remove Machine mode timer from previous patch because that is in the scope of ACLINT
- For Embedded-2022 platform, mention Machine mode timer and refer to ACLINT for the definition of registers

On v4 commit,
- PLIC section with [DEPRECATED] in Linux- 2022 chapter
- CLINT section in Linux- 2022 chapter for M-mode timer. We don't mention
IPI because AIA already supported it.
- In Embedded-2022 Machine mode timer section, CLINT is not mandatory.
- Separate section in appendix for the Machine mode timer registers

On v3 commit,
- Address review comments.

On v2 commit,
- CLINT is not deprecated.

- Add a standalone section for Machine Mode Timer in System Peripherals.
Do you think this is a good place for Machine Mode Timer?
@Mayuresh, please check if you are ok with this change, not sure if this
overlaps with your text or not (The timer setion). I can remove this
if you prefer to put this with your patch.

- In Embedded-2022, refer to Machine Mode Timer in System Peripherals
section and CLINT in Linux-2022 Platform.
@Alistair, is this ok?

On v1 commit,
- Not sure where to put the [DEPRECATED].
- Change the reference of PLIC in section 2.2.2. Interrupt Controller to
1.1.3.2 PLIC + CLINT section.

Signed-off-by: Abner Chang <renba.chang@...>
Cc: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@...>
Cc: Sunil V L <sunilvl@...>
Cc: Mayuresh Chitale <mchitale@...>
---
riscv-platform-spec.adoc | 52 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/riscv-platform-spec.adoc b/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
index 160c74a..db6dce3 100644
--- a/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
+++ b/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
@@ -49,9 +49,23 @@ include::profiles.adoc[]
* Start Address

==== Interrupt Controller
-* AIA
-* PLIC + CLINT
-* Interrupt Assignments
+===== AIA[[AIA]]
+===== PLIC[DEPRECATED][[PLIC]]
+The Platform Level Interrupt Controller (PLIC) provides facilities to route
+the non-local interrupts to the external interrupt of a hart context
+with a given privilege mode in a given hart. The number of non-local interrupt
+sources supported by PLIC and how does each of them connect to the hart
+context is PLIC core implementation-specific. +
+(Refer to https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc[RISC-V PLIC Specification]
+for the implementation reference of PLIC operation parameters)
+
+===== ACLINT
+Linux-2020 platform requires the Advanced Core Local Interruptor (ACLINT, refer
+to https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/master/riscv-aclint.adoc[RISC-V ACLINT Specification])
+to provide facilities to route inter-processor interrupt and Machine mode timer
+interrupt to each RISC-V processor hart.
+
+===== Interrupt Assignments

==== System Peripherals
* UART/Serial Console
@@ -289,9 +303,8 @@ Any RISC-V system that uses at least RV32/64G can meet the Embedded-2022
specification.

==== Interrupt Controller
-Embedded systems are recommended to use a spec compliant
-https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec[PLIC], a spec compliant
-https://github.com/riscv/riscv-fast-interrupt/blob/master/clic.adoc[CLIC]
+Embedded systems are recommended to use a spec compliant <<PLIC,PLIC>>, a spec
+compliant https://github.com/riscv/riscv-fast-interrupt/blob/master/clic.adoc[CLIC]
or both a CLIC and and PLIC.

If using just a PLIC the system must continue to use the original basic
@@ -303,8 +316,8 @@ must be supported.
Embedded systems cannot use a non-compliant interrupt controller and still
call it a PLIC or CLIC.

-==== Machine Timer
-The RISC-V machine timer (controlled via `mtime` and `mtimecmp`) must be
+==== Machine Mode Timer
+The RISC-V Machine mode timer (controlled via `mtime` and `mtimecmp`) must be
implemented. The two registers must be memory mapped as required by the RISC-V
specification.

@@ -314,27 +327,8 @@ adjacent to each other with the `mtime` region at the lower address.
The starting address of this region can be located anywhere in
memory, including inside other peripherals, as long as the start address is
4 byte aligned.
-
-An example of the memory layout for a 32-bit system with a single hart is below
-
--------------------------
-=========================
-| 0x00 | mtime low |
-| 0x04 | mtime high |
-| 0x08 | mtimecmp low |
-| 0x0C | mtimecmp high |
-=========================
--------------------------
-
-and for a 64-bit system with 2 harts
-
----------------------------
-===========================
-| 0x00 | mtime |
-| 0x08 | mtimecmp hart 1 |
-| 0x10 | mtimecmp hart 2 |
-===========================
----------------------------
+https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/master/riscv-aclint.adoc[RISC-V ACLINT Specification]
+defines the memory map layout of Machine mode timer registers.

==== Memory Map
It is recommended that main memory and loadable code (not ROM) start at
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