[PATCH 4/9] arm/arm64: Implement GICD_ICFGR as RO for PPIs

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Sep 3 08:03:58 PDT 2015


On 30/08/15 14:54, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> The GICD_ICFGR allows the bits for the SGIs and PPIs to be read only.
> We currently simulate this behavior by writing a hardcoded value to the
> register for the SGIs and PPIs on every write of these bits to the
> register (ignoring what the guest actually wrote), and by writing the
> same value as the reset value to the register.
> 
> This is a bit counter-intuitive, as the register is RO for these bits,
> and we can just implement it that way, allowing us to control the value
> of the bits purely in the reset code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>

	M.
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