specify the meaning of registers in `OpteeSmcArgsPage`
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Description
Seems like SMCCC uses r0-r7 for the first eight args and r8 as an extra parameter and to return.
Would be nice to document a similar convention here as well.
_Originally posted by @praveen-pk in https://github.com/microsoft/litebox/pull/555#discussion_r2714108117_
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Locate the Rust definition of `OpteeSmcArgsPage` and read the surrounding comments and its uses. Document the intended meaning and convention for its registers, using the SMCCC r0–r8 convention described in the issue as context; the issue is done when the register roles are clear to readers.
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- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
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- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100