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EDPFR: External Debug Processor Feature Register

Purpose

Provides information about implemented PE features.

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

EDPFR is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
UNKNOWNAMUUNKNOWNSEL2SVE
UNKNOWNGICAdvSIMDFPEL3EL2EL1EL0

Bits [63:48]

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

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.

Bits [43:40]

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

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.

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 is not implemented.

0b0001

SVE is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

Bits [31:28]

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

GIC, bits [27:24]

System register GIC interface support.

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.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.GIC.

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:

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.AdvSIMD.

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:

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.FP.

Access to this field is RO.

EL3, bits [15:12]

AArch64 EL3 Exception level handling.

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

EL3Meaning
0b0000

EL3 is not implemented or cannot be executed in AArch64 state.

0b0001

EL3 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL3 can be executed in both Execution states.

When the value of EDAA32PFR.EL3 is nonzero, this field must be 0b0000.

All other values are reserved.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.EL3.

Access to this field is RO.

EL2, bits [11:8]

AArch64 EL2 Exception level handling.

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

EL2Meaning
0b0000

EL2 is not implemented or cannot be executed in AArch64 state.

0b0001

EL2 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL2 can be executed in both Execution states.

When the value of EDAA32PFR.EL2 is nonzero, this field must be 0b0000.

All other values are reserved.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.EL2.

Access to this field is RO.

EL1, bits [7:4]

AArch64 EL1 Exception level handling.

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

EL1Meaning
0b0000

EL1 cannot be executed in AArch64 state.

EL1 can be executed in AArch32 state only.

0b0001

EL1 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL1 can be executed in both Execution states.

All other values are reserved.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.EL1.

Access to this field is RO.

EL0, bits [3:0]

AArch64 EL0 Exception level handling.

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

EL0Meaning
0b0000

EL0 cannot be executed in AArch64 state.

EL0 can be executed in AArch32 state only.

0b0001

EL0 can be executed in AArch64 state only.

0b0010

EL0 can be executed in both Execution states.

All other values are reserved.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.EL0.

Access to this field is RO.

Accessing EDPFR

EDPFR can be accessed through the external debug interface:

ComponentOffsetInstance
Debug0xD20EDPFR

This interface is accessible as follows: