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authorPrashanth Mundkur <prashanth.mundkur@gmail.com>2019-05-14 15:58:09 -0700
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@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ Adding architectural state
Adding registers (such as for floating-point) would involve naming
them and defining their read and write accessors, as is done for the
-integer registers in `riscv_types.sail`. For modularity, these new
-definitions can be added in a separate file. If these registers have
-properties of control-and-status registers (CSRs), or depend on
+integer registers in `riscv_types.sail`, `riscv_reg_type.sail` and
+`riscv_regs.sail`. For modularity, these new definitions should be
+added in separate files. If any of these registers are
+control-and-status registers (CSRs), or depend on
privilege level (such as hypervisor-mode registers), additional access
control checks would need to be provided as is done for the standard
-CSRs in `riscv_sys_regs.sail` and `riscv_sys_control.sail`. In addition,
-the bits `mstatus.XS` and `mstatus.SD` may need to be updated or
-extended to handle any extended register state.
+CSRs in `riscv_sys_regs.sail` and `riscv_sys_control.sail`. Access to
+newly added CSRs can be hooked in `riscv_csr_ext.sail`. In addition,
+the bits `mstatus.XS` and `mstatus.SD` may need to be updated
+or extended to handle any extended register state.
Adding a new privilege level or functionality restricted by privilege
level will normally be accompanied by defining new exception causes
@@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ An extension that needs to interact closely with exception handling
may need to capture additional information at the time of an
exception. This is supported using the `ext` field in the
`sync_exception` type in `riscv_sync_exception.sail`, which is where
-the extension can store this information.
+the extension can store this information. The addresses involved in
+exception handling can be modified by following the interface provided
+in `riscv_sys_exceptions.sail`.
Adding low-level platform functionality
---------------------------------------
@@ -71,14 +75,14 @@ supporting functions `checked_mem_read` and `checked_mem_write`.
The model supports storing and retrieving metadata along with memory
values at each physical memory address. The default interface for
this is defined in `prelude_mem_metadata.sail`. An extension can
-customize the default implementation there to support its the metadata
+customize the default implementation there to support its metadata
type.
The actual content of such memory, and its modification, can be
-defined in separate sail files. This functionality will have access
+defined in separate Sail files. This functionality will have access
to any newly defined architectural state. One can examine how normal
physical memory access is implemented in `riscv_mem.sail` with helpers
-in `prelude.sail`.
+in `prelude_mem.sail` and `prelude_mem_metadata.sail`.
Virtual memory is implemented in `riscv_vmem.sail`, and defining new
address translation schemes will require modifying the
@@ -138,8 +142,10 @@ Example
As an example, one can examine the implementation of the 'N' extension
for user-level interrupt handling. The architectural state to support
-'N' is specified in `riscv_next_regs.sail`, added control
+'N' is specified in `riscv_next_regs.sail`, added CSR and control
functionality is in `riscv_next_control.sail`, and added instructions
-are in `riscv_insts_next.sail`. In addition, privilege transition and
-interrupt delegation logic in `riscv_sys_control.sail` has been
-extended.
+are in `riscv_insts_next.sail`. Access to the CSRs added by the
+extension are hooked in `riscv_csr_ext.sail`.
+
+In addition, privilege transition and interrupt delegation logic in
+`riscv_sys_control.sail` has been extended.