DBGAUTHSTATUS

Debug Authentication Status register

Provides information about the state of the IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED authentication interface for debug.

Configuration

AArch32 System register DBGAUTHSTATUS bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register DBGAUTHSTATUS_EL1[31:0].

AArch32 System register DBGAUTHSTATUS bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to External register DBGAUTHSTATUS_EL1[31:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_AA32EL1 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to DBGAUTHSTATUS are UNDEFINED.

This register is required in all implementations.

Attributes

DBGAUTHSTATUS is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0																								SNID		SID		NSNID		NSID

Bits [31:8]:

Reserved, RES0.

SNID, bits [7:6] when FEAT_Debugv8p4 is implemented:

Secure Non-Invasive Debug.

This field has the same value as DBGAUTHSTATUS.SID.

Otherwise:

Secure Non-Invasive Debug.

SNID	Meaning
0b00	Secure state is not implemented.
0b10	Implemented and disabled. ExternalSecureNoninvasiveDebugEnabled() == FALSE.
0b11	Implemented and enabled. ExternalSecureNoninvasiveDebugEnabled() == TRUE.

All other values are reserved.

SID, bits [5:4]:

Secure Invasive Debug.

SID	Meaning
0b00	Secure state is not implemented.
0b10	Implemented and disabled. ExternalSecureInvasiveDebugEnabled() == FALSE.
0b11	Implemented and enabled. ExternalSecureInvasiveDebugEnabled() == TRUE.

All other values are reserved.

NSNID, bits [3:2] when FEAT_Debugv8p4 is implemented:

Non-secure Non-invasive debug.

NSNID	Meaning
0b00	Non-secure state is not implemented.
0b11	Implemented and enabled. EL3 is implemented or the Effective value of SCR.NS is 1.

All other values are reserved.

Otherwise:

Non-secure Non-Invasive Debug.

NSNID	Meaning
0b00	Non-secure state is not implemented.
0b10	Implemented and disabled. ExternalNoninvasiveDebugEnabled() == FALSE.
0b11	Implemented and enabled. ExternalNoninvasiveDebugEnabled() == TRUE.

All other values are reserved.

NSID, bits [1:0]:

Non-secure Invasive Debug.

NSID	Meaning
0b00	Non-secure state is not implemented.
0b10	Implemented and disabled. ExternalInvasiveDebugEnabled() == FALSE.
0b11	Implemented and enabled. ExternalInvasiveDebugEnabled() == TRUE.

All other values are reserved.

Access Instructions

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

MRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

(coproc = 0b1110, opc1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b0111, CRm = 0b1110, opc2 = 0b110)

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TDA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.<TDE,TDA> != '00' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x05); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.<TDE,TDA> != '00' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x05); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TDA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x05); else R[t] = DBGAUTHSTATUS; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TDA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TDA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x05); else R[t] = DBGAUTHSTATUS; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then R[t] = DBGAUTHSTATUS;

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