While very convenient to quickly link some ancient draft spec, let's try and stick to the actual ratified specifications[0]. Of course, the rationale is still

While very convenient to quickly link some ancient draft spec, let's try and stick to the actual ratified specifications[0]. Of course, the rationale is still there in section 2.4 of the current (20250508) ratified version of The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual Volume I: Unprivileged ISA. 0. https://riscv.org/specifications/ratified/ https://riscv.org/specifications/ratified/