Hyp Memory Attribute Indirection Register 1
Along with HMAIR0, provides the memory attribute encodings corresponding to the possible AttrIndx values in a Long-descriptor format translation table entry for stage 1 translations for memory accesses from Hyp mode.
AttrIndx[2] indicates the HMAIR register to be used:
AArch32 System register HMAIR1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register MAIR_EL2[63:32].
This register is present only when FEAT_AA32EL2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to HMAIR1 are UNDEFINED.
If EL2 is not implemented, this register is RES0 from EL3.
HMAIR1 is a 32-bit register.
| 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Attr7 | Attr6 | Attr5 | Attr4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The memory attribute encoding for an AttrIndx[2:0] entry in a Long descriptor format translation table entry, where:
Bits [7:4] are encoded as follows:
| Attr<n>[7:4] | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0000 | Device memory. See encoding of Attr<n>[3:0] for the type of Device memory. |
| 0b00RW, RW not 0b00 | Normal memory, Outer Write-Through Transient. |
| 0b0100 | Normal memory, Outer Non-cacheable. |
| 0b01RW, RW not 0b00 | Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Transient. |
| 0b10RW | Normal memory, Outer Write-Through Non-transient. |
| 0b11RW | Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Non-transient. |
R = Outer Read-Allocate policy, W = Outer Write-Allocate policy.
The meaning of bits [3:0] depends on the value of bits [7:4]:
| Attr<n>[3:0] | Meaning when Attr<n>[7:4] is 0b0000 | Meaning when Attr<n>[7:4] is not 0b0000 |
|---|---|---|
| 0b0000 | Device-nGnRnE memory | UNPREDICTABLE |
| 0b00RW, RW not 0b00 | UNPREDICTABLE | Normal memory, Inner Write-Through Transient |
| 0b0100 | Device-nGnRE memory | Normal memory, Inner Non-cacheable |
| 0b01RW, RW not 0b00 | UNPREDICTABLE | Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Transient |
| 0b1000 | Device-nGRE memory | Normal memory, Inner Write-Through Non-transient (RW=0b00) |
| 0b10RW, RW not 0b00 | UNPREDICTABLE | Normal memory, Inner Write-Through Non-transient |
| 0b1100 | Device-GRE memory | Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Non-transient (RW=0b00) |
| 0b11RW, RW not 0b00 | UNPREDICTABLE | Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Non-transient |
R = Inner Read-Allocate policy, W = Inner Write-Allocate policy.
The R and W bits in some Attr<n> fields have the following meanings:
| R or W | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 | No Allocate |
| 0b1 | Allocate |
When FEAT_XS is implemented, stage 1 Inner Write-Back Cacheable, Outer Write-Back Cacheable memory types have the XS attribute set to 0.
The reset behavior of this field is:
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}
(coproc = 0b1111, opc1 = 0b100, CRn = 0b1010, CRm = 0b0010, opc2 = 0b001)
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T10 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T10 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then R[t] = HMAIR1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; else R[t] = HMAIR1;
MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}
(coproc = 0b1111, opc1 = 0b100, CRn = 0b1010, CRm = 0b0010, opc2 = 0b001)
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T10 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T10 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then HMAIR1 = R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; else HMAIR1 = R[t];
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