Re:An ex-ARM engineer critiques RISC-V
by andrekandre on Sunday November 01, 2020 @04:53PM
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> it’s harder to decode and it’s harder on software that wants to do bidirectional analysis of machine code
not necessarily, since
1. the compressed versions are basically 1-1 to the non-compressed versions
2. the uncompressed versions are more for study/academia and clarity; its expected that irl only compressed instructions are used (for instructions that can be compressed)
not necessarily, since
1. the compressed versions are basically 1-1 to the non-compressed versions
2. the uncompressed versions are more for study/academia and clarity; its expected that irl only compressed instructions are used (for instructions that can be compressed)
more info: https://riscv.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/riscv-compresse...