4-Byte Aligned Trap Vectors

Today’s @risc_v Tip:

The trap vector BASE address CSRs (mtvec / stvec) can use the lowest two bits for MODE because the BASE address must be 4-byte aligned (i.e. lowest two bits = 00). Note that a non-masked write of a valid address will overwrite MODE to Direct (00).

21-12-24

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