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Linux Kernel Continues Prepping For RISC-V’s Updated Supervisor Binary Interface

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Michael Larabel
Feb 13, 2020

RISC-V’s Supervisor Binary Interface “SBI” is the interface between the platform-specific firmware and the running operating system or hypervisor for interacting with the supervisor execution environment in the higher privileged mode. The Linux kernel has been working to support a newer version of the SBI that is more extensible moving forward.

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Michael Larabel

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