Document key for reporting the speed of unaligned vector accesses. The descriptions are the same as the scalar equivalent values. Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V1 -> V2: - New patch V2 -> V3: - Specify access width V3 -> V4: - Clarify we're talking about byte accesses using vector registers - Spell out _VECTOR_ in macros V4 -> V5: - No changes V5 -> V6: - No changes --- Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst index 78acd37b6477..f83a13dc4cbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst @@ -238,3 +238,19 @@ The following keys are defined: * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which represents the size of the Zicboz block in bytes. + +* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_PERF`: An enum value describing the + performance of misaligned vector accesses on the selected set of processors. + + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned + vector accesses is unknown. + + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector + registers are slower than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers. + Misaligned accesses may be supported directly in hardware, or trapped and emulated by software. + + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector + registers are faster than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers. + + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned vector accesses are + not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault. -- 2.45.2
