Re: [patches] [PATCH 17/17] RISC-V: Build Infastructure

[Jonathan NeuschÃfer]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 06:31:30PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> This patch contains all the build infastructure that actually enables
> the RISC-V port.  This includes Makefiles, linker scripts, and Kconfig
> files.  It also contains the only top-level change, which adds RISC-V to
> the list of architectures that need a sed run to produce the ARCH
> variable when building locally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
[...]
> +config ISA_C
> +	bool "Emit compressed instructions when building Linux"

As a user, I'd prefer to have slightly more globally-recognisable names
than ISA_<single letter> for RISC-V instruction set architecture
extensions. A quick "git grep -A2 'config ISA'" shows the following
Kconfig symbols:

* ISA, ISA_BUS_API, ISA_DMA_API, ISAPNP:
  Settings related to the historic ISA bus.
* ISA_ARCOMPACT/ISA_ARCV2 (arch/arc),
  ISA_M32R/ISA_M32R2/ISA_DSP_LEVEL2/ISA_DUAL_ISSUE (arch/m32r):
  Instruction set options.

Four out of the six instruction set options have ARC/M32R in the name,
and I think that makes things slightly more readable. Therefore I
humbly propose something longer, and with a hint of RISC-V in the name,
such as ISA_RVC.

(Take this with a grain of salt, perhaps.)


Jonathan NeuschÃfer

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