docs/riscv: sync required ISA extensions with required_extensions[]

booting.txt listed only H, Zbb, Zihintpause and Svpbmt as required, while
required_extensions[] in cpufeature.c also checks for I, M, A, Zicsr,
Zifencei and, with CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C=y, C. As the panic message printed
for a missing extension points to booting.txt, document the missing ones.

Also add a section pointing to riscv_isa_ext[] for the optional extensions
Xen recognises, and a comment above required_extensions[] to keep it in
sync with the document.

No functional change.

Suggested-by: Baptiste Le Duc <baptiste.le-duc@vates.tech>
Signed-off-by: Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Baptiste Le Duc <baptiste.le-duc@vates.tech>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
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System requirements
===================
The following extensions are expected to be supported by a system on which
Xen is run:
The following extensions are required by Xen. Xen panics at boot if any of
them is missing from the riscv,isa property of the CPU nodes:
- I, M, A, Zicsr, Zifencei:
Base ISA Xen is compiled for.
- C:
Required only when Xen is built with CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C=y.
- H:
Provides additional instructions and CSRs that control the new stage of
address translation and support hosting a guest OS in virtual S-mode
@@ -18,7 +22,19 @@ Xen is run:
- Zihintpause:
On a system that doesn't have this extension, cpu_relax() should be
implemented properly.
- SVPBMT is mandatory to enable changing the memory attributes of a page.
For platforms that do not support SVPBMT, it is necessary to introduce a
- Svpbmt:
Mandatory to enable changing the memory attributes of a page.
For platforms that do not support Svpbmt, it is necessary to introduce a
similar mechanism as described in:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241102000843.1301099-1-samuel.holland@sifive.com/
Note: this list must be kept in sync with required_extensions[] in
xen/arch/riscv/cpufeature.c.
Optional extensions
===================
Other extensions recognised by Xen are listed in riscv_isa_ext[] in
xen/arch/riscv/cpufeature.c. Xen uses them when present, but they are not
needed to boot. The second column of that table says whether the extension
is also exposed to guests.
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@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static const struct riscv_isa_ext_entry __initconstrel riscv_isa_ext[] = {
RISCV_ISA_EXT_ENTRY(svpbmt, NONE),
};
/* Keep in sync with docs/misc/riscv/booting.txt. */
static const struct riscv_isa_ext_data __initconst required_extensions[] = {
RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(i),
RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(m),
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