[PATCH v10 04/10] arm64/sysreg: Add a comment that the sysreg file should be sorted

[Marc Zyngier]

On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:32:41 +0000,
James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org> wrote:
> 
> From: James Clark <james.clark at arm.com>
> 
> There are a few entries particularly at the end of the file that aren't
> in order. To avoid confusion, add a comment that might help new entries
> to be added in the right place.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg b/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
> index b081b54d6d22..4ba167089e2a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
> +++ b/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
> @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
>  # feature that introduces them (eg, FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA introduces enumeration
>  # item ACCDATA) though it may be more taseful to do something else.
>  
> +# Please try to keep entries in this file sorted by sysreg encoding.
> +
>  Sysreg	OSDTRRX_EL1	2	0	0	0	2
>  Res0	63:32
>  Field	31:0	DTRRX

"Do as I say, don't do as I do".

I don't think this makes any sense if we don't actually sort the file
the first place.

	M.

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