2020.11.30: Working Group Meeting

Platforms Horizontal Subcommittee (PHSC) Agenda: 30 Nov 2020

Meeting Info: weekly on Mondays (15:00 UTC, 07:00 PST, 23:00 CST, 20:30 IST)

• Details: https://sites.google.com/a/riscv.org/risc-v-staff/home/tech-groups-cal
• Past meetings: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-platform-specs/wiki
• NEW MEETING TIMES STARTING 30 NOV 2020
• NO MEETING 23 NOV 2020

Passthrough:

• Anti-trust statement
• Open and collaborative
• Org chart:
  • TSC -> Software HC -> Platform HSC (you are here)
  • TGs and SIGs as needed

In Process:

• Proposed scope/charter
  • https://github.com/riscv/riscv-platform-specs/wiki/Draft-Charter
  • Updated, to be discussed next Software HC meeting
• Update on hypervisor work:
  • Combining SW Hypervisor Sync-Up into this meeting
  • Updates
• SBI updates
• Updates from any other groups present?

Topics

• US Holiday season: only 30 Nov, 7 & 14 Dec available?
• Roadmap for next 12 months:
  • Proposal:
    • SBI v0.3: add platform reset, hart suspend, PMU and virtualization improvements; others?
    • Clear definitions of A and M profiles
    • Level 0 spec for embedded Linux use case done
    • Level 0 spec for server Linux use case in progress
  • Within that context:
    • volunteers to provide updates? AIC? CMO? Config? Others?
    • volunteers to investigate subsections?
      • Firmware? DT? ACPI? AIC? CMO? Config? IOMMU? RV64A? Boot protocol?
      • Serial console? Buses? SMBIOS? IPMI?
    • These are just suggested topics; the ask is for those that are interested to step up and start thinking about what we need to specify, if anything for these topics
• SBI PMU extension (revisit)
  • discussion: https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-unixplatformspec/message/197
• Proposal: Hart Suspend Extension for IDLE
  • discussion: https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-unixplatformspec/message/274
• Proposal: updated Introduction
  • discussion: https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-unixplatformspec/message/458

Open Floor

• Bueller? Bueller?