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+=================================
+Boot image header in RISC-V Linux
+=================================
+
+:Author: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
+:Date: 20 May 2019
+
+This document only describes the boot image header details for RISC-V Linux.
+
+TODO:
+ Write a complete booting guide.
+
+The following 64-byte header is present in decompressed Linux kernel image::
+
+ u32 code0; /* Executable code */
+ u32 code1; /* Executable code */
+ u64 text_offset; /* Image load offset, little endian */
+ u64 image_size; /* Effective Image size, little endian */
+ u64 flags; /* kernel flags, little endian */
+ u32 version; /* Version of this header */
+ u32 res1 = 0; /* Reserved */
+ u64 res2 = 0; /* Reserved */
+ u64 magic = 0x5643534952; /* Magic number, little endian, "RISCV" */
+ u32 magic2 = 0x05435352; /* Magic number 2, little endian, "RSC\x05" */
+ u32 res3; /* Reserved for PE COFF offset */
+
+This header format is compliant with PE/COFF header and largely inspired from
+ARM64 header. Thus, both ARM64 & RISC-V header can be combined into one common
+header in future.
+
+Notes
+=====
+
+- This header can also be reused to support EFI stub for RISC-V in future. EFI
+ specification needs PE/COFF image header in the beginning of the kernel image
+ in order to load it as an EFI application. In order to support EFI stub,
+ code0 should be replaced with "MZ" magic string and res3(at offset 0x3c) should
+ point to the rest of the PE/COFF header.
+
+- version field indicate header version number
+
+ ========== =============
+ Bits 0:15 Minor version
+ Bits 16:31 Major version
+ ========== =============
+
+ This preserves compatibility across newer and older version of the header.
+ The current version is defined as 0.2.
+
+- The "magic" field is deprecated as of version 0.2. In a future
+ release, it may be removed. This originally should have matched up
+ with the ARM64 header "magic" field, but unfortunately does not.
+ The "magic2" field replaces it, matching up with the ARM64 header.
+
+- In current header, the flags field has only one field.
+
+ ===== ====================================
+ Bit 0 Kernel endianness. 1 if BE, 0 if LE.
+ ===== ====================================
+
+- Image size is mandatory for boot loader to load kernel image. Booting will
+ fail otherwise.
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/features.rst b/Documentation/riscv/features.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. kernel-feat:: $srctree/Documentation/features riscv
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/index.rst b/Documentation/riscv/index.rst
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+===================
+RISC-V architecture
+===================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ boot-image-header
+ vm-layout
+ patch-acceptance
+ uabi
+
+ features
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+arch/riscv maintenance guidelines for developers
+================================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+The RISC-V instruction set architecture is developed in the open:
+in-progress drafts are available for all to review and to experiment
+with implementations. New module or extension drafts can change
+during the development process - sometimes in ways that are
+incompatible with previous drafts. This flexibility can present a
+challenge for RISC-V Linux maintenance. Linux maintainers disapprove
+of churn, and the Linux development process prefers well-reviewed and
+tested code over experimental code. We wish to extend these same
+principles to the RISC-V-related code that will be accepted for
+inclusion in the kernel.
+
+Submit Checklist Addendum
+-------------------------
+We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the
+specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being
+"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation. (Developers may, of
+course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for
+any draft extensions that they wish.)
+
+Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create
+their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required
+to go through any review or ratification process by the RISC-V
+Foundation. To avoid the maintenance complexity and potential
+performance impact of adding kernel code for implementor-specific
+RISC-V extensions, we'll only to accept patches for extensions that
+have been officially frozen or ratified by the RISC-V Foundation.
+(Implementors, may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees
+containing code for any custom extensions that they wish.)
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst b/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+RISC-V Linux User ABI
+=====================
+
+Misaligned accesses are supported in userspace, but they may perform poorly.
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
+Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux
+=====================================
+
+:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
+:Date: 12 February 2021
+
+This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the RISC-V Linux
+Kernel.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 32bit
+=========================
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32
+------------------------
+
+TODO
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit
+=========================
+
+The RISC-V privileged architecture document states that the 64bit addresses
+"must have bits 63–48 all equal to bit 47, or else a page-fault exception will
+occur.": that splits the virtual address space into 2 halves separated by a very
+big hole, the lower half is where the userspace resides, the upper half is where
+the RISC-V Linux Kernel resides.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV39
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000004000000000 | +256 GB | ffffffbfffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -256 GB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffc6fea00000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6feffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffffffc6ff000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6ffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffffffc700000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc7ffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap
+ ffffffc800000000 | -224 GB | ffffffd7ffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffffd800000000 | -160 GB | fffffff6ffffffff | 124 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ fffffff700000000 | -36 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 32 GB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ |
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00007fffffffffff | 128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000800000000000 | +128 TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffff8d7ffea00000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7ffeffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffff8d7fff000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7fffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffff8d8000000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8f7fffffffff | 2 TB | vmemmap
+ ffff8f8000000000 | -112.5 TB | ffffaf7fffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffaf8000000000 | -80.5 TB | ffffef7fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ ffffef8000000000 | -16.5 TB | fffffffeffffffff | 16.5 TB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on:
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________