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Note that distributor fields are not banked, but return the same value
regardless of the mpidr used to access the register.
+ GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation is changed in a
+ way directly observable by the guest or userspace. Userspace should read
+ GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to confirm its expected
+ behavior is aligned with the KVM implementation. Userspace should set
+ GICD_IIDR before setting any other registers to ensure the expected
+ behavior.
+
+
The GICD_STATUSR and GICR_STATUSR registers are architecturally defined such
that a write of a clear bit has no effect, whereas a write with a set bit
clears that value. To allow userspace to freely set the values of these two