(subset) [PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: Booting clarifications and fine grained traps setup

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Thu Apr 8 18:59:46 BST 2021


On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:09:38 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> Currently there are a number of areas where we are not explicit about
> how system registers should be configured when booting the kernel,
> provide more detailed guidance to help ensure people get things right.
> I'm not entirely happy with the wording on use of specified reset values
> so it is a separate patch at the end, I worry that the requirement is
> too strict.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/fgt-boot-init), thanks!

[1/4] arm64: Document requirements for fine grained traps at boot
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/3e237387bb76
[2/4] arm64: Disable fine grained traps on boot
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/31c00d2aeaa2
[3/4] arm64: Require that system registers at all visible ELs be initialized
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/230800cd315c

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Catalin




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