The RISC-V Software Ecosystem: Primed for the Latest ISA Extensions

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Claims that Linux (including KVM) already supports the RVA23 profile and that the open-source ecosystem keeps pace with the ISA surge of tens of extensions per year. Evidence: upstream patches in the Linux kernel, runtime kernel patching to enable optional instructions, QEMU models merged early for draft extensions, and a hardware-probe syscall for userspace detection. Result: distributions can target RVA23 once silicon appears, but guest migration and CSR variability remain unresolved and need naming and hypervisor controls.

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1. 0:00Introduction and motivation
2. 1:45Software keeping up with extensions
3. 7:04Healthy software ecosystem criteria
4. 9:32RVA23 profiles and specifications
5. 12:20Linux and KVM implementation details
6. 16:33Future improvements and suggestions

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