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Inconsistent usage of the word "system" #125

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darius-bluespec opened this issue Feb 22, 2024 · 2 comments
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Inconsistent usage of the word "system" #125

darius-bluespec opened this issue Feb 22, 2024 · 2 comments
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The glossary gives a specific and comprehensive definition for the
word "system", but usage in the specification often differs from this
definition. The following are some examples.

System used to refer to that which implements the BRS, exclusive of
the operating system, hypervisor, or user application running upon it:

Chapter 2: "... systems will deliver features beyond those covered by BRS-I"

Section 8.1.1: "Systems compliant to BRS-I ..."

Section 8.3.7: "RISC-V systems compliant to the BRS"

System used to refer to some non-specific portion of the traditionally
hardware portion of the implementation:

Section 7.1: "the surrounding system" as distictly different from "the RISC-V
processor"

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andreiw commented Apr 11, 2024

I hear you on the 7.1 bit. That was borrowed text from the RV spec and I'll clean it up as part of #96 work.

For the other parts, I don't see a problem with the other examples you've cited. It seems like you have a pretty good idea of how system should and shouldn't be used, so I suggest you draft a PR.

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andreiw commented Apr 11, 2024

I've assigned this item for you. Please draft a PR.

andreiw pushed a commit to andreiw/riscv-os-a-see-wip that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2024
Based on riscv-non-isa#96 and riscv-non-isa#125

Signed-off-by: Andrei Warkentin <[email protected]>
andreiw pushed a commit to andreiw/riscv-os-a-see-wip that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2024
Based on riscv-non-isa#96 and riscv-non-isa#125

Signed-off-by: Andrei Warkentin <[email protected]>
andreiw pushed a commit to andreiw/riscv-os-a-see-wip that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2024
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