Re: [PATCH v8 12/14] arm/cpu: Add sysreg generation scripts

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 17 2025, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/scripts/arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk b/scripts/arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..f92bbbafa727
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +#!/bin/awk -f
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +# arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk: arm64 sysreg header include generator
> +#
> +# Usage: awk -f arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk $LINUX_PATH/arch/arm64/tools/sysreg
> +
> +BEGIN {
> +    print "/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */"

FWIW, checkpatch.pl chokes on this:

^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^* <-- HERE /"$/ at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 1389.
ERROR: Saw unacceptable licenses '*/"', valid choices for QEMU are:
GPL-2.0-or-later
GPL-2.0-only
LGPL-2.1-only
LGPL-2.1-or-later
BSD-2-Clause
BSD-3-Clause
MIT
total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 76 lines checked


> +    print "/* GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT */"
> +    print "/* use arm-gen-cpu-sysregs-header.awk to regenerate */"
> +} END {
> +    print ""
> +}
> +