Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add experimental support for Zvabd extension
Project / Subsystem
binutils / risc-v
Date
2026-05-27
Proposer
chen.zhongyao@zte.com.cn
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Adding support for new instructions increases the complexity of binutils.
- • Supporting experimental extensions may require changes as the extension evolves.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- risc-v
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 202605270114.64R1Et1P078332@mse-fl2.zte.com.cn
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add experimental support for Zvabd extension
- headline
- RISC-V: Add experimental support for Zvabd extension
- tldr
- The RISC-V Zvabd extension is ready; the author asks for the binutils patch to land so the GCC patch isn't blocked.
- proposer
- chen.zhongyao@zte.com.cn
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Adding support for new instructions increases the complexity of binutils.
- • Supporting experimental extensions may require changes as the extension evolves.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- reply
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- []
- tags
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- • RISC-V
- • Zvabd
- • binutils
- • assembler
- • linker
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add experimental support for Zvabd extension
Chen Zhongyao notes that the RISC-V Zvabd extension is now in the “Freeze” state and asks Jiawei to pick up the binutils patch. The corresponding GCC patch is ready but blocked, pending the binutils changes.