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authorAndrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>2019-03-07 21:46:10 -0800
committerAndrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>2019-03-07 21:46:10 -0800
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Add software constraint for future global-ASID extension
Closes #348
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@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ The changes in this version of the document include:
required to, clear LR reservations if A extension present.
\item The virtual-memory system no longer permits supervisor mode to execute
instructions from user pages, regardless of the SUM setting.
+\item Software is strongly recommended to allocate ASIDs globally, so that
+ a future extension can globalize ASIDs for improved performance and hardware
+ flexibility.
+\item SFENCE.VMA semantics have been clarified.
\item Made the {\tt mstatus}.MPP field \warl, rather than \wlrl.
\item Made the unused {\em x}{\tt ip} fields \wpri, rather than \wiri.
\item Made the unused {\tt misa} fields \wlrl, rather than \wiri.