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Linux 6.16 Preps For RISC-V's SBI Firmware Features Extension


The RISC-V architecture feature updates were merged on Friday for the Linux 6.16 merge window that is set to end on Sunday with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release.

Notable with the RISC-V updates for Linux 6.16 are adding support for the Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) Firmware Features (FWFT) extension. Details can be found via the FWFT extension doc and the RISC-V SBI specification. - Various fixes and cleanups, including: misaligned access handling, perf symbol mangling, module loading, PUD THPs, and improved uaccess routines"

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