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-rwxr-xr-xarch/arm64/tools/gen-sysreg.awk2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/tools/sysreg12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/gen-sysreg.awk b/arch/arm64/tools/gen-sysreg.awk
index d1254a056114..1a2afc9fdd42 100755
--- a/arch/arm64/tools/gen-sysreg.awk
+++ b/arch/arm64/tools/gen-sysreg.awk
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ END {
# Currently this is effectivey a comment, in future we may want to emit
# defines for the fields.
-/^Fields/ && block_current() == "Sysreg" {
+(/^Fields/ || /^Mapping/) && block_current() == "Sysreg" {
expect_fields(2)
if (next_bit != 63)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg b/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
index b081b54d6d22..da3f02cdf105 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
+++ b/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
@@ -24,8 +24,16 @@
# ...
# EndEnum
-# Alternatively if multiple registers share the same layout then
-# a SysregFields block can be used to describe the shared layout
+# For VHE aliases (*_EL12, *_EL02) of system registers, a Mapping
+# entry describes the register the alias actually accesses:
+
+# Sysreg <name_EL12> <op0> <op1> <crn> <crm> <op2>
+# Mapping <name_EL1>
+# EndSysreg
+
+# Where multiple system regsiters are not VHE aliases but share a
+# common layout, a SysregFields block can be used to describe the
+# shared layout:
# SysregFields <fieldsname>
# <field>