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Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI.
+ For historical reasons and to provide ABI compatibility with userspace we
+ export the GICC_PMR register in the format of the GICH_VMCR.VMPriMask
+ field in the lower 5 bits of a word, meaning that userspace must always
+ use the lower 5 bits to communicate with the KVM device and must shift the
+ value left by 3 places to obtain the actual priority mask level.
+
Limitations:
- Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI
- Currently only implemented for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.