Re: [RFT PATCH v3 13/27] arm64: Add Apple vendor-specific system registers

[Hector Martin]

On 25/03/2021 04.04, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 06:59:21PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > So far we've kept arch/arm64/ largely devoid of IMP-DEF bits, and it
> > seems a shame to add something with the sole purpose of collating that,
> > especially given arch code shouldn't need to touch these if FW and
> > bootloader have done their jobs right.
> >
> > Can we put the definitions in the relevant drivers? That would sidestep
> > any pain with MAINTAINERS, too.
>
> If we can genuinely ignore these in arch code, then sure. I just don't know
> how long that is going to be the case, and ending up in a situation where
> these are scattered randomly throughout the tree sounds horrible to me.

I thought we would need some in KVM code, but given the direction Marc's 
series ended up in, it seems we won't. So I'm happy keeping these in the 
respective drivers; if this ends up being messy in the future it 
shouldn't be a big deal to refactor it all into one file again.

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