What's Changed

Spec changes

• fix jump descriptions, and add in the invalid address exception by @tariqkurd-repo in #246
• Make DDC, MTDC, STDC require CRE by @tariqkurd-repo in #250
• Fix scmode by @tariqkurd-repo in #251
• change utidc address to avoid conflict by @tariqkurd-repo in #275
• Fix capability address align exception priority by @PRugg-Cap in #288
• Extended tid chapter for m mode capabilities by @francislaus in #284
• Make prefetch.i use pcc instead of ddc in integer mode by @andresag01 in #319
• swap sense of M-bit, so that 0 is cap mode by @tariqkurd-repo in #305

Clearing up behaviour of incorrectly formed capabilities - filling in spec gaps

• GCPERM also returns zero if ACPERM rules aren't followed by @tariqkurd-repo in #261
• Clarify the behaviour of CBLD with cs1=c0 by @Timmmm in #264
• Clarify behaviour of scss with malformed bounds by @Timmmm in #279
• clarify malformed cap handling by @tariqkurd-repo in #285
• ACPERM clears tag if reserved bits are set by @tariqkurd-repo in #328
• fix issues 295, 297 by @tariqkurd-repo in #299

Clarifications

• fix xrefs, and add note about debug mode by @tariqkurd-repo in #247
• remove out of date CLR mnemonic by @tariqkurd-repo in #255
• clarify ACPERM by @tariqkurd-repo in #256
• note about opcode remapping for RV64 by @tariqkurd-repo in #257
• clarify GCPERM unpacking by @tariqkurd-repo in #269
• Clarify that tag is set on DDC when entering debug by @PRugg-Cap in #267
• C.JAL and C.J are not register-based by @StephenHuwClarke in #262
• Fix the malformed check to remove duplicate RV32 bounds encodings by @PRugg-Cap in #270
• remove the M-bit from AP by @tariqkurd-repo in #268
• another attempt at removing M from AP by @tariqkurd-repo in #271
• Clarify read behaviour of misc CSR ops by @PRugg-Cap in #266
• better specification of opcode mappings by @tariqkurd-repo in #280
• clarify 16-bit instruction mapping by @tariqkurd-repo in #282
• acperm: clarify ASR rule for MXLEN=32 by @martin-kaiser in #289
• Replace references to T8 with L8 in the bounds encoding, and provide … by @buxtonpaul in #291
• Minor rephrasing for L8 bit description by @gameboo in #292
• Fix sentry paragraph for jump instructions by @mayyamal in #287
• Clarify wrapping behaviour of capability bounds by @PRugg-Cap in #296
• remove pcc + 4 for the next PC, as it's not always correct by @tariqkurd-repo in #304
• Reword the scss instruction. by @buxtonpaul in #316
• clarify when prefetches don't prefetch by @tariqkurd-repo in #315
• clarify observing the M-bit by @tariqkurd-repo in #314
• fix invalid address handling definition to cover all bytes in the range by @tariqkurd-repo in #327

Simple typo or formatting fixes

• fix formatting of mode name by @tariqkurd-repo in #249
• change block style to fix formatting by @tariqkurd-repo in #253
• fix mode formatting by @tariqkurd-repo in #277
• xref fix by @tariqkurd-repo in #301

New Contributors

• @StephenHuwClarke made their first contribution in #262
• @buxtonpaul made their first contribution in #291
• @gameboo made their first contribution in #292

Full Changelog: v0.8.2-prerelease...v0.8.3-prerelease