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rv32 and rv64 are incompatible. this is unfortunate, and it's not clear to me what the tradeoff for that is.
by cmrx64 8y ago
rv32 and rv64 are incompatible. this is unfortunate, and it's not clear to me what the tradeoff for that is.
- pertymcpert 8y agoWhat kind of compatibility are you thinking of? Running 32 bit code in 64 bit mode?
- cmrx64 8y agoyes. https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/d/msg/isa-dev/eOQ6xN9pzrs/63-QG6xcAgAJ https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/d/msg/isa-dev/e... has a long thread about this. it's not the worst thing in the world, but I think the choice is confusing when it seems easy to sidestep. this is the only negative thing I have to say about RISC-V and it's not very major.