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ID_AA64PFR0_EL1: AArch64 Processor Feature Register 0

Purpose

Provides additional information about implemented PE features in AArch64 state.

For general information about the interpretation of the ID registers, see 'Principles of the ID scheme for fields in ID registers'.

Configuration

The external register EDPFR gives information from this register.

Attributes

ID_AA64PFR0_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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CSV3CSV2RMEDITAMUMPAMSEL2SVE
RASGICAdvSIMDFPEL3EL2EL1EL0

CSV3, bits [63:60]

Speculative use of faulting data.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

CSV3Meaning
0b0000

This PE does not disclose whether data loaded under speculation with a permission or domain fault can be used to form an address or generate condition codes or SVE predicate values to be used by other instructions in the speculative sequence.

0b0001

Data loaded under speculation with a permission or domain fault cannot be used to form an address, generate condition codes, or generate SVE predicate values to be used by other instructions in the speculative sequence. The execution timing of any other instructions in the speculative sequence is not a function of the data loaded under speculation.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_CSV3 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

If FEAT_E0PD is implemented, FEAT_CSV3 must be implemented.

Access to this field is RO.

CSV2, bits [59:56]

Speculative use of out of context branch targets.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

CSV2Meaning
0b0000

The implementation does not disclose whether FEAT_CSV2 is implemented.

0b0001

FEAT_CSV2 is implemented, but FEAT_CSV2_2 and FEAT_CSV2_3 are not implemented.

ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.CSV2_frac determines whether either or both of FEAT_CSV2_1p1 or FEAT_CSV2_1p2 are implemented.

0b0010

FEAT_CSV2_2 is implemented, but FEAT_CSV2_3 is not implemented.

0b0011

FEAT_CSV2_3 is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_CSV2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_CSV2_2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

FEAT_CSV2_3 implements the functionality identified by the feature 0b0011.

From Armv8.5, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

RME, bits [55:52]

Realm Management Extension (RME).

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

RMEMeaning
0b0000

Realm Management Extension not implemented.

0b0001

RMEv1 is implemented.

0b0010

As 0b0001, and adds support for the GPC2 Extension.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_RME implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_RME_GPC2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

Access to this field is RO.

DIT, bits [51:48]

Data Independent Timing.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

DITMeaning
0b0000

AArch64 does not guarantee constant execution time of any instructions.

0b0001

AArch64 provides the PSTATE.DIT mechanism to guarantee constant execution time of certain instructions.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_DIT implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

From Armv8.4, the only permitted value is 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

AMU, bits [47:44]

Indicates support for Activity Monitors Extension.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

AMUMeaning
0b0000

Activity Monitors Extension is not implemented.

0b0001

FEAT_AMUv1 is implemented.

0b0010

FEAT_AMUv1p1 is implemented. As 0b0001 and adds support for virtualization of the activity monitor event counters.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_AMUv1 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_AMUv1p1 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

In Armv8.0, the only permitted value is 0b0000.

In Armv8.4, the permitted values are 0b0000 and 0b0001.

From Armv8.6, the permitted values are 0b0000, 0b0001, and 0b0010.

Access to this field is RO.

MPAM, bits [43:40]

Indicates the major version number of support for the MPAM Extension.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

MPAMMeaning
0b0000

The major version number of the MPAM extension is 0.

0b0001

The major version number of the MPAM extension is 1.

All other values are reserved.

When combined with the minor version number from ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MPAM_frac, the "major.minor" version is:

MPAM Extension versionMPAMMPAM_frac
Not implemented.0b00000b0000
v0.1 is implemented.0b00000b0001
v1.0 is implemented.0b00010b0000
v1.1 is implemented.0b00010b0001

For more information, see 'The Memory Partitioning and Monitoring (MPAM) Extension'.

Access to this field is RO.

SEL2, bits [39:36]

Secure EL2.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

SEL2Meaning
0b0000

Secure EL2 is not implemented.

0b0001

Secure EL2 is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_SEL2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

SVE, bits [35:32]

Scalable Vector Extension.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

SVEMeaning
0b0000

SVE architectural state and programmers' model are not implemented.

0b0001

SVE architectural state and programmers' model are implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_SVE implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

If implemented, refer to ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1 for information about which SVE instructions are available.

Access to this field is RO.

RAS, bits [31:28]

RAS Extension version.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

RASMeaning
0b0000

No RAS Extension.

0b0001

RAS Extension implemented.

0b0010

FEAT_RASv1p1 implemented and, if EL3 is implemented, FEAT_DoubleFault implemented. As 0b0001, and adds support for:

  • If EL3 is implemented, FEAT_DoubleFault.
  • Additional ERXMISC<m>_EL1 System registers.
  • Additional System registers ERXPFGCDN_EL1, ERXPFGCTL_EL1, and ERXPFGF_EL1, and the SCR_EL3.FIEN and HCR_EL2.FIEN trap controls, to support the optional RAS Common Fault Injection Model Extension.

Error records accessed through System registers conform to RAS System Architecture v1.1, which includes simplifications to ERR<n>STATUS and support for the optional RAS Timestamp and RAS Common Fault Injection Model Extensions.

0b0011

FEAT_RASv2 implemented. As 0b0010 and adds support for:

  • ERXGSR_EL1, to support System RAS agents.
  • Additional fine-grained EL2 traps for additional error record System registers.
  • The SCR_EL3.TWERR write control for error record System registers.

Error records accessed through System registers conform to RAS System Architecture v2.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_RAS implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_RASv1p1 and FEAT_DoubleFault implement the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

FEAT_RASv2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0011.

In Armv8.0 and Armv8.1, the permitted values are 0b0000 and 0b0001.

From Armv8.2, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

From Armv8.4, if FEAT_DoubleFault is implemented or ERRIDR_EL1.NUM is nonzero, the value 0b0001 is not permitted.

Note

When the value of this field is 0b0001, ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.RAS_frac indicates whether FEAT_RASv1p1 is implemented.

From Armv8.9, the values 0b0001 and 0b0010 are not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

GIC, bits [27:24]

System register GIC CPU interface.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

GICMeaning
0b0000

GIC CPU interface system registers not implemented.

0b0001

System register interface to versions 3.0 and 4.0 of the GIC CPU interface is supported.

0b0011

System register interface to version 4.1 of the GIC CPU interface is supported.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

AdvSIMD, bits [23:20]

Advanced SIMD.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

AdvSIMDMeaning
0b0000

Advanced SIMD is implemented, including support for the following SISD and SIMD operations:

  • Integer byte, halfword, word and doubleword element operations.

  • Single-precision and double-precision floating-point arithmetic.

  • Conversions between single-precision and half-precision data types, and double-precision and half-precision data types.

0b0001

As for 0b0000, and also includes support for half-precision floating-point arithmetic.

0b1111

Advanced SIMD is not implemented.

All other values are reserved.

This field must have the same value as the FP field.

The permitted values are:

Access to this field is RO.

FP, bits [19:16]

Floating-point.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

FPMeaning
0b0000

Floating-point is implemented, and includes support for:

  • Single-precision and double-precision floating-point types.

  • Conversions between single-precision and half-precision data types, and double-precision and half-precision data types.

0b0001

As for 0b0000, and also includes support for half-precision floating-point arithmetic.

0b1111

Floating-point is not implemented.

All other values are reserved.

This field must have the same value as the AdvSIMD field.

The permitted values are:

Access to this field is RO.

EL3, bits [15:12]

EL3 Exception level handling.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

EL3Meaning
0b0000

EL3 is not implemented.

0b0001

EL3 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL3 can be executed in either AArch64 or AArch32 state.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

EL2, bits [11:8]

EL2 Exception level handling.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

EL2Meaning
0b0000

EL2 is not implemented.

0b0001

EL2 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL2 can be executed in either AArch64 or AArch32 state.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

EL1, bits [7:4]

EL1 Exception level handling.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

EL1Meaning
0b0001

EL1 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL1 can be executed in either AArch64 or AArch32 state.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

EL0, bits [3:0]

EL0 Exception level handling.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

EL0Meaning
0b0001

EL0 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL0 can be executed in either AArch64 or AArch32 state.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

Accessing ID_AA64PFR0_EL1

Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:

MRS <Xt>, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00000b01000b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDST) then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TID3 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = ID_AA64PFR0_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then X[t, 64] = ID_AA64PFR0_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = ID_AA64PFR0_EL1;