Update the debug ROM to be CHERI aware
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- SystemVerilog
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Description
The debug ROM assumes all CSRs and registers are normal integers. Some of this needs to change so that it knows about capability versions of these and can read out the meta-data part of these values.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named in the issue. Start at the debug ROM implementation and trace how it handles CSRs and registers; determine where capability versions and their metadata must be considered. Done means the debug ROM is CHERI-aware and can read the metadata associated with capability values.
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Assessment
- Domain
- embedded-iot, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100