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    Optimize EL3 register state stored in cpu_context structure · fdfabec1
    Soby Mathew authored
    This patch further optimizes the EL3 register state stored in
    cpu_context. The 2 registers which are removed from cpu_context are:
    
      * cntfrq_el0 is the system timer register which is writable
        only in EL3 and it can be programmed during cold/warm boot. Hence
        it need not be saved to cpu_context.
    
      * cptr_el3 controls access to Trace, Floating-point, and Advanced
        SIMD functionality and it is programmed every time during cold
        and warm boot. The current BL3-1 implementation does not need to
        modify the access controls during normal execution and hence
        they are expected to remain static.
    
    Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#197
    
    Change-Id: I599ceee3b73a7dcfd37069fd41b60e3d397a7b18
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