[Libre-soc-bugs] [Bug 214] ISAMUX/NS Standard writeup needed

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214

--- Comment #3 from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> ---
alain just sone notes from our conversation: there are 2 aspects.

1. PCR binary encoded range (6 bits) to be proposed, and for libresoc to
request "0b000001"

this places the CPU into "libresoc compatibility mode" 

2. reservation and use of some MSR bits.  this for *internal* LibreSOC usage.

the OpenPOWER Foundation needs to be requested officially to reserve (1) as
part of the spec.

the OpenPOWER Foundation needs to be *notified* of our intent (2) but given
that it is ONLY enabled in PCR-sets-LibreSOC-Compatible-mode it is NOT
necessary to request authorisation for it, NOR to request that it be included
in the OpenPOWER spec.

however they still need to review (2) to make sure that it does not interfere
with future plans for MSR.

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