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ID_AA64PFR1_EL1: AArch64 Processor Feature Register 1

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

There are no configuration notes.

Attributes

ID_AA64PFR1_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
PFARDF2MTEXTHEGCSMTE_fracNMICSV2_frac
RNDR_trapSMERES0MPAM_fracRAS_fracMTESSBSBT

PFAR, bits [63:60]

Support for physical fault address registers, FEAT_PFAR.

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

PFARMeaning
0b0000

FEAT_PFAR is not implemented.

0b0001

FEAT_PFAR is implemented. Includes support for the PFAR_ELx and, if EL3 is implemented, MFAR_EL3 registers.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_PFAR implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

DF2, bits [59:56]

Support for error exception routing extensions, FEAT_DoubleFault2.

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

DF2Meaning
0b0000

FEAT_DoubleFault2 is not implemented.

Note

This does not mean that FEAT_DoubleFault, as identified by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.RAS >= 0b0010, is not implemented.

0b0001

FEAT_DoubleFault2 is implemented. As ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.RAS == 0b0010, and also includes support for routing error exceptions:

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_DoubleFault2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

MTEX, bits [55:52]

Support for additional MTE tag checking modes.

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

MTEXMeaning
0b0000

Canonical Tag checking and Memory tagging wth Address tagging disabled are not supported.

0b0001

The following additional tag checking modes for MTE are supported:

  • Canonical Tag checking.
  • Memory tagging with Address tagging disabled.

All other values are reserved.

This field is valid only if ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MTE >= 0b0010.

FEAT_MTE_NO_ADDRESS_TAGS and FEAT_MTE_CANONICAL_TAGS implement the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

If FEAT_MTE2 is not implemented, the value 0b0001 is not permitted.

From Armv8.9, if FEAT_MTE2 is implemented, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

THE, bits [51:48]

Support for Translation Hardening Extension.

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

THEMeaning
0b0000

Translation Hardening Extension is not implemented.

0b0001

The RCW and RCWS instructions, their associated registers and traps are supported.

If EL2 is implemented, the AssuredOnly check, TopLevel check, and their associated controls are implemented.

If EL2 and FEAT_GCS are implemented, VTCR_EL2.GCSH is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_THE implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

GCS, bits [47:44]

Support for Guarded Control Stack.

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

GCSMeaning
0b0000

Guarded Control Stack is not implemented.

0b0001

Guarded Control Stack is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_GCS implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

MTE_frac, bits [43:40]

Support for Asynchronous reporting of a Tag Check Fault.

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

MTE_fracMeaning
0b0000

Asynchronous reporting of a Tag Check Fault is supported.

0b1111

Asynchronous reporting of a Tag Check Fault is not supported.

All other values are reserved.

This field is valid only if ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MTE >= 0b0010.

FEAT_MTE_ASYNC implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0000.

If FEAT_MTE_ASYM_FAULT is implemented this field must be 0b0000.

Access to this field is RO.

NMI, bits [39:36]

Non-maskable Interrupt. Indicates support for Non-maskable interrupts.

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

NMIMeaning
0b0000

SCTLR_ELx.{SPINTMASK, NMI} and PSTATE.ALLINT with its associated instructions are not supported.

0b0001

SCTLR_ELx.{SPINTMASK, NMI} and PSTATE.ALLINT with its associated instructions are supported.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_NMI implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

From Armv8.8, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

CSV2_frac, bits [35:32]

CSV2 fractional field.

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

CSV2_fracMeaning
0b0000

Either ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.CSV2 is not 0b0001, or the implementation does not disclose whether FEAT_CSV2_1p1 is implemented.

FEAT_CSV2_1p2 is not implemented.

0b0001

FEAT_CSV2_1p1 is implemented, but FEAT_CSV2_1p2 is not implemented.

0b0010

FEAT_CSV2_1p2 is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_CSV2_1p1 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_CSV2_1p2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

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

The values 0b0001 and 0b0010 are permitted only when ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.CSV2 is 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

RNDR_trap, bits [31:28]

Random Number trap to EL3 field.

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

RNDR_trapMeaning
0b0000

Trapping of RNDR and RNDRRS to EL3 is not supported.

0b0001

Trapping of RNDR and RNDRRS to EL3 is supported.

SCR_EL3.TRNDR is present.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_RNG_TRAP implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

SME, bits [27:24]

Scalable Matrix Extension.

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

SMEMeaning
0b0000

SME architectural state and programmers' model are not implemented.

0b0001

SME architectural state and programmers' model are implemented.

0b0010

As 0b0001, plus the SME2 ZT0 register.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_SME implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_SME2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

From Armv9.2, the permitted values are 0b0000, 0b0001, and 0b0010.

If implemented, refer to ID_AA64SMFR0_EL1 and ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1 for information about which SME and SVE instructions are available.

Access to this field is RO.

Bits [23:20]

Reserved, RES0.

MPAM_frac, bits [19:16]

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

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

MPAM_fracMeaning
0b0000

The minor version number of the MPAM extension is 0.

0b0001

The minor version number of the MPAM extension is 1.

All other values are reserved.

When combined with the major version number from ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.MPAM, The combined "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.

RAS_frac, bits [15:12]

RAS Extension fractional field.

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

RAS_fracMeaning
0b0000

If ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.RAS == 0b0001, RAS Extension implemented.

0b0001

If ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.RAS == 0b0001, as 0b0000 and adds support for:

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.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_RASv1p1 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

This field is valid only if ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.RAS == 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

MTE, bits [11:8]

Support for the Memory Tagging Extension.

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

MTEMeaning
0b0000

Memory Tagging Extension is not implemented.

0b0001

Instruction-only Memory Tagging Extension is implemented.

0b0010

As 0b0001, and adds:

  • Support for in-memory Allocation tags.

  • Support for synchronous tag checking.

  • Optional support for Asynchronous reporting of a Tag Check Fault, identified as FEAT_MTE_ASYNC.

Support for FEAT_MTE_ASYNC is indicated by ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MTE_frac.

0b0011

As 0b0010, except that support for FEAT_MTE_ASYNC is mandatory, and adds support for Asymmetric Tag Check Fault handling, identified as FEAT_MTE_ASYM_FAULT.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_MTE implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_MTE2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

FEAT_MTE3 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0011.

From Armv8.7, when the value of this field is >= 0b0010, ID_AA64PFR2_EL1.MTEPERM indicates support for FEAT_MTE_PERM.

From Armv8.7, when the value of this field is >= 0b0010, the following fields indicate support for FEAT_MTE4:

Access to this field is RO.

SSBS, bits [7:4]

Speculative Store Bypassing controls in AArch64 state.

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

SSBSMeaning
0b0000

AArch64 provides no mechanism to control the use of Speculative Store Bypassing.

0b0001

AArch64 provides the PSTATE.SSBS mechanism to mark regions that are Speculative Store Bypass Safe.

0b0010

As 0b0001, and adds the MSR and MRS instructions to directly read and write the PSTATE.SSBS field.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_SSBS implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_SSBS2 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0010.

Access to this field is RO.

BT, bits [3:0]

Branch Target Identification mechanism support in AArch64 state.

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

BTMeaning
0b0000

The Branch Target Identification mechanism is not implemented.

0b0001

The Branch Target Identification mechanism is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_BTI implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

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

Access to this field is RO.

Accessing ID_AA64PFR1_EL1

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

MRS <Xt>, ID_AA64PFR1_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00000b01000b001

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_AA64PFR1_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then X[t, 64] = ID_AA64PFR1_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = ID_AA64PFR1_EL1;