Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:04:10 +0100
From:   Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
Cc:     Evan Green <evan@rivosinc.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>, vineetg@rivosinc.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] RISC-V: Add a syscall for HW probing
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 11:51:17PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey Evan,
> 
> Just as a preface, I'm reviewing this lot from a position of ignorance
> on what glibc wants so I'll refrain from commenting on call itself.
> I figure that since the commentary has kinda died on the sysfs front &
> Palmer seems to be still into the syscall stuff, that we're pushing on
> with this approach...

If I can find time (that's a big if, atm) I'd be willing to do a sysfs
prototype just for comparison/benchmarking purposes, even if the chances
it gets merged are low. But, time...

Thanks,
drew