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diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst index 5da6f9b273d6..d9d628505cd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst +++ b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ 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 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.) +RISC-V extensions, we'll only consider patches for extensions that either: + +- Have been officially frozen or ratified by the RISC-V Foundation, or +- Have been implemented in hardware that is widely available, per standard + Linux practice. + +(Implementors, may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees containing +code for any custom extensions that they wish.) |