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Note that RISC-V instruction set extensions can always be emulated in machine mode, so the lack of V or B extensions will only ever be an issue wrt. performance, not compatibility.



The only reason to use V or B instructions would be for their performance. Trapping and emulating them would be a cruel joke.




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