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arm64: head.S: document the use of callee saved registers

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Now that the only remaining occurrences of the use of callee saved
registers are on the primary boot path, add a comment to the code
which register is used for what.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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Ard Biesheuvel 2016-08-31 12:05:17 +01:00 committed by Will Deacon
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@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ efi_header_end:
__INIT
/*
* The following callee saved general purpose registers are used on the
* primary lowlevel boot path:
*
* Register Scope Purpose
* x21 stext() .. start_kernel() FDT pointer passed at boot in x0
* x23 stext() .. start_kernel() physical misalignment/KASLR offset
* x28 __create_page_tables() callee preserved temp register
* x19/x20 __primary_switch() callee preserved temp registers
*/
ENTRY(stext)
bl preserve_boot_args
bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode