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doc: Add AAPCS link to coding guidelines 

Change-Id: Id0e6d272b6d3d37eab785273f9c12c093191f3fc
Signed-off-by: Paul Beesley <paul.beesley@arm.com>
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@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ type usage guidelines should be followed:
- Use ``int`` as the default integer type - it's likely to be the fastest on all
systems. Also this can be assumed to be 32-bit as a consequence of the
Procedure Call Standard for the Arm Architecture.
`Procedure Call Standard for the Arm Architecture`_ and the `Procedure Call
Standard for the Arm 64-bit Architecture`_ .
- Avoid use of ``short`` as this may end up being slower than ``int`` in some
systems. If a variable must be exactly 16-bit, use ``int16_t`` or
@ -503,3 +504,5 @@ have ``const`` arguments, assuming they don't need to modify the data.
.. _`Linux Coding Style`: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
.. _`Linus's tree`: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/checkpatch.pl
.. _`Why the “volatile” type class should not be used`: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/volatile-considered-harmful.html
.. _`Procedure Call Standard for the Arm Architecture`: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0042f/IHI0042F_aapcs.pdf
.. _`Procedure Call Standard for the Arm 64-bit Architecture`: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055b/IHI0055B_aapcs64.pdf