Interrupt Controller Virtual Binary Point Register 1
Defines the point at which the priority value fields split into two parts, the group priority field and the subpriority field. The group priority field determines virtual Group 1 interrupt preemption.
AArch32 System register ICV_BPR1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register ICV_BPR1_EL1[31:0].
This register is present only when FEAT_AA32EL1 is implemented, GICv3 is implemented, and EL2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to ICV_BPR1 are UNDEFINED.
ICV_BPR1 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 |
| RES0 | BinaryPoint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reserved, RES0.
If the GIC is configured to use separate binary point fields for Group 0 and Group 1 interrupts, the value of this field controls how the 8-bit interrupt priority field is split into a group priority field, that determines interrupt preemption, and a subpriority field.
For more information about priorities, see 'Priority grouping' in ARM® Generic Interrupt Controller Architecture Specification, GIC architecture version 3.0 and version 4.0 (ARM IHI 0069).
An attempt to program this field to a value less than the minimum value sets the field to the minimum value.
If ICV_CTLR.CBPR is set to 1, Non-secure EL1 reads return ICV_BPR0 + 1 saturated to 0b111. Non-secure EL1 writes are ignored.
If ICV_CTLR.CBPR is set to 1, Secure EL1 reads return ICV_BPR0. Secure EL1 writes modify ICV_BPR0
The reset behavior of this field is:
The minimum value of this register is equal to the minimum value of ICV_BPR0 plus one.
An attempt to program the binary point field to a value less than the minimum value sets the field to the minimum value. On a reset, the binary point field is UNKNOWN.
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 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1100, CRm = 0b1100, opc2 = 0b011)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_GICv3)) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL IN {EL1, EL2} && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL IN {EL1, EL2} && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' 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); elsif ICC_SRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && ICH_HCR_EL2().TALL1 == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && ICH_HCR().TALL1 == '1' then AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2().IMO == '1' then R(t) = ICV_BPR1(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR().IMO == '1' then R(t) = ICV_BPR1(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) then R(t) = ICC_BPR1_NS(); else R(t) = ICC_BPR1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ICC_HSRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) then R(t) = ICC_BPR1_NS(); else R(t) = ICC_BPR1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_MSRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif SCR().IRQ == '1' && PSTATE.M != M32_Monitor then Undefined(); else if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then R(t) = ICC_BPR1_S(); else R(t) = ICC_BPR1_NS(); end; end; end;
MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}
(coproc = 0b1111, opc1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1100, CRm = 0b1100, opc2 = 0b011)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_GICv3)) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL IN {EL1, EL2} && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL IN {EL1, EL2} && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' 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); elsif ICC_SRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && ICH_HCR_EL2().TALL1 == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && ICH_HCR().TALL1 == '1' then AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2().IMO == '1' then ICV_BPR1() = R(t); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR().IMO == '1' then ICV_BPR1() = R(t); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) then ICC_BPR1_NS() = R(t); else ICC_BPR1() = R(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ICC_HSRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3().IRQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR().IRQ == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) then ICC_BPR1_NS() = R(t); else ICC_BPR1() = R(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_MSRE().SRE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif SCR().IRQ == '1' && PSTATE.M != M32_Monitor then Undefined(); else if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then ICC_BPR1_S() = R(t); else ICC_BPR1_NS() = R(t); end; end; end;
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