v0.9.6.1

This is an incremental release on top of 0.9.6 following ARC feedback on 0.9.6.

Functional changes to specification:

• Introduce a disable/enable bit for the Svucrg PTE extensions (#867)

Non-functional notable changes

• Clarified interaction of 32-bit capability encoding formats with the spec (#845)
• Included a CHERIoT chapter (not for v1 ratification) (#858)

Full changelog

• reinstantiate YLEN CSR table, and fix xrefs by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #815
• put C.JAL into Zca by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #816
• Bump docs-resources from 6ef1a1f to ff1e5eb by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #818
• Made use of TID vs TIDC consistent by Franz Fuchs (@francislaus) in #819
• Bump docs-resources from ff1e5eb to c90c0bf by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #820
• Add isa deltas since 0.9.5 by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #817
• Zylevels1: remove optional imposition on YPERMC by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo (@nwf) in #824
• Enforce integrity checks by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #821
• YPERMC permissions readability improvements by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #825
• Bump docs-resources from c90c0bf to d71e312 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #828
• riscv-unpriv-integration: (trivial) fix the wording by Martin Kaiser (@martin-kaiser) in #827
• Bump docs-resources from d71e312 to 8b88469 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #836
• Bump docs-resources from 8b88469 to 75c71b5 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #837
• CL -> GL rename by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #838
• Bump docs-resources from 75c71b5 to 7f7f63a by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #842
• Bump docs-resources from 7f7f63a to 098f02b by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #843
• Fixes in zylevels1 by Franz Fuchs (@francislaus) in #844
• Minor fix for zylevels1 description by Franz Fuchs (@francislaus) in #848
• Zyhybrid tweaks by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo (@nwf) in #846
• zyhybrid: clarify role of rs1 in (Non-CHERI) Address Mode by Florian Schmaus (@Flowdalic) in #850
• Bump docs-resources from 098f02b to 1660fd9 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #851
• fix priv xrefs by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #854
• Draft of _L for capability encodings by Alexander Richardson (@arichardson) in #845
• push YBLD into Zyb by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #853
• Bump docs-resources from 1660fd9 to 49eff17 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #856
• put ifdefs around Xycfg by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #852
• Various small grammar and spelling fixes by Alexander Richardson (@arichardson) in #859
• enable vector for v1 ratification by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #860
• Tweak CBLD prose by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo (@nwf) in #862
• Bump docs-resources from 49eff17 to 22a17b0 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #866
• allow revocation tag clearing in LY defn by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #865
• Bump docs-resources from 22a17b0 to 116d24e by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #871
• nwf/20251128 last-minute notes by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo (@nwf) in #869
• Zys -> Zysentry by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #872
• Add Svucrg enable bit. by Alfredo Mazzinghi (@qwattash) in #867
• YTOPR by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #868
• Zybndsrd by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo (@nwf) in #870
• First draft of CHERIoT encoding chapters. by Robert Norton (@rmn30) in #858
• Bump docs-resources from 116d24e to 80ef127 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #874
• uncontroversial subset of PR 877 by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #879
• Bump docs-resources from 80ef127 to 8bda051 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #881
• fix YMODEW to have full integrity checks by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #878
• Bump docs-resources from 8bda051 to 8bd1a63 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #882
• mark "future extensions may..." as notes by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #877
• make JALR more readable by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #880
• Bump docs-resources from 8bd1a63 to d631f07 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #885
• Clarify reset values for CSRs, in line with priv spec by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #883
• Bump docs-resources from d631f07 to eefda19 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #886
• Bump docs-resources from eefda19 to 75d6a61 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #887
• ybndswi immediate isn't signed by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #889
• Sync with isa manual by Alexander Richardson (@arichardson) in #888
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #896
• Bump pre-commit/action from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #895
• Bump actions/github-script from 6 to 8 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #893
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #891
• Bump docs-resources from 75d6a61 to d644eb9 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #892
• fix overlapping encoding with ybndsrw by Tariq Kurd (@tariqkurd-repo) in #890
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #894
• Remove "begin new" annotations in preparation for release tag by Alexander Richardson (@arichardson) in #897
• Bump actions/upload-pages-artifact from 3 to 4 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #898

New Contributors

• Robert Norton (@rmn30) made their first contribution in #858

Full Changelog: v0.9.6...v0.9.6.1