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HVBAR: Hyp Vector Base Address Register

Purpose

Holds the vector base address for any exception that is taken to Hyp mode.

Configuration

AArch32 System register HVBAR bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register VBAR_EL2[31:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_AA32EL2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to HVBAR are UNDEFINED.

If EL2 is not implemented, this register is RES0 from EL3.

Attributes

HVBAR is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

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VBARES0

VBA, bits [31:5]

Vector Base Address. Bits[31:5] of the base address of the exception vectors for exceptions taken to this Exception level. Bits[4:0] of an exception vector are the exception offset.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [4:0]

Reserved, RES0.

Accessing HVBAR

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

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

coprocopc1CRnCRmopc2
0b11110b1000b11000b00000b000

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.T12 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T12 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then R[t] = HVBAR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; else R[t] = HVBAR;

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

coprocopc1CRnCRmopc2
0b11110b1000b11000b00000b000

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.T12 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T12 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then HVBAR = R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; else HVBAR = R[t];