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Date:   Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:15:39 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 16/21] arm64: Make kvm-arm.mode={nvhe,protected} an
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:45:28AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Admitedly, passing id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0 on the command-line isn't
> that easy to understand, and it is likely that users would much
> prefer write "kvm-arm.mode=nvhe", or "...=protected".
> 
> So here you go. This has the added advantage that we can now
> always honor the "kvm-arm.mode=protected" option, even when
> booting on a VHE system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>