This was clarified this year. I think the author's context is moving from Bare to one of the Sv modes. https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/commit/866326

This was clarified this year. I think the author's context is moving from Bare to one of the Sv modes. https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/commit/866326d938cc6b33dfe051ebbe207c36ac384511 https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/commit/866326d938c...