That was quick: #Ghidra 12.0 is out! Here's what's new:

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.0_build/Ghidra/Configurations/Public_Release/src/global/docs/WhatsNew.md

"The benefit of having an actual memory space for special function registers is they can be seen, named, references created to them, data types applied at the location, as well as default values supplied for a given binary sample. We plan to do the same for other processors such as the PowerPC."

I hope this is the reason why my PPC-AS pull request is open for more than a year now :)

@buherator PyGhidra, Z3, JDK21... This is all exciting, despite the last time I did any RE automation being more than 3 years ago...

@buherator whats a function register?

@pancake @buherator I guess they mean the registers with special functionality/usecase.

@alphaville @pancake as I understand it's not "function" register but "special function" register. RISC-V CSRs are provided as specific example:

https://book.rvemu.app/hardware-components/03-csrs.html