On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:18:22AM +0200, Charles Papon wrote: > > Because it it the unix platform baseline as stated in the patch. > I know that, but i'm looking for arguments why RVC could't be kept as > an option, especialy it is only an optimisation option without > behavioral/code changes. > > That baseline make sense for heavy linux distributions, where you > expect everybody to compile with a baseline set of ISA extentions, to > make binary exchanges easier. > But for smaller systems, i do not see advantages having RVC forced.
I don't fully agree with the benefits, but then again how little impact using the C extension has on the kernel build I'm now convinced that keeping it should be ok.
