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Message-ID: <51C85A0D.3070400@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:39:09 -0400
From:	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Add support for LPAE style CONTEXTIDR

Hi Will,

On 06/24/2013 10:04 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
[...]

> What's the advantage of this approach, other than you get an extra byte's
> worth of PID?

In my view, the real advantage is that the the PID is located where people
reading ARM Architecture Reference Manual are told they can find it.

Regards,
Christopher

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