RISC-V: provide Kconfig & commandline options to control parsing "riscv,isa"

As it says on the tin, provide Kconfig option to control parsing the
"riscv,isa" devicetree property. If either option is used, the kernel
will fall back to parsing "riscv,isa", where "riscv,isa-base" and
"riscv,isa-extensions" are not present.
The Kconfig options are set up so that the default kernel configuration
will enable the fallback path, without needing the commandline option.

Suggested-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>
Suggested-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230713-aviator-plausibly-a35662485c2c@wendy
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 4c07b9189c86..f52dd125ac5e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -848,6 +848,24 @@ config XIP_PHYS_ADDR
 	  be linked for and stored to.  This address is dependent on your
 	  own flash usage.
 
+config RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK
+	bool "Permit falling back to parsing riscv,isa for extension support by default"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Parsing the "riscv,isa" devicetree property has been deprecated and
+	  replaced by a list of explicitly defined strings. For compatibility
+	  with existing platforms, the kernel will fall back to parsing the
+	  "riscv,isa" property if the replacements are not found.
+
+	  Selecting N here will result in a kernel that does not use the
+	  fallback, unless the commandline "riscv_isa_fallback" parameter is
+	  present.
+
+	  Please see the dt-binding, located at
+	  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/extensions.yaml for details
+	  on the replacement properties, "riscv,isa-base" and
+	  "riscv,isa-extensions".
+
 endmenu # "Boot options"
 
 config BUILTIN_DTB