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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 11 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst index 20eff9650da9..a52996b22f75 100644 --- a/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst +++ b/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst @@ -87,13 +87,12 @@ The following keys are defined: emulated via software, either in or below the kernel. These accesses are always extremely slow. - * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: Misaligned accesses are supported - in hardware, but are slower than the corresponding aligned accesses - sequences. + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: Misaligned accesses are slower + than equivalent byte accesses. Misaligned accesses may be supported + directly in hardware, or trapped and emulated by software. - * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST`: Misaligned accesses are supported - in hardware and are faster than the corresponding aligned accesses - sequences. + * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST`: Misaligned accesses are faster + than equivalent byte accesses. * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned accesses are not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault. |