[HN Gopher] Why RISC-V doesn't yet support KVM ___________________________________________________________________ Why RISC-V doesn't yet support KVM Author : lukastyrychtr Score : 48 points Date : 2021-05-20 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (lwn.net) (TXT) w3m dump (lwn.net) | Ericson2314 wrote: | The staging "workaround" actually strikes me as the exact correct | approach. Linux merging some unstable feature to better prove the | design of an unstable ISA extension seems like virtuous feedback | loop of testing of designs before they are ratified. | | That staging is for sketchy drivers but this is architecture- | specific code strikes me as especially silly. Never mind CPU vs | peripheral: both are hardware with interfaces outside Linux's | control. The important distinction is internal vs external | interfaces, and staging makes sense for me for dealing with all | sketchy external interfaces alike. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-05-20 23:00 UTC)