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ID_DFR1_EL1

AArch32 Debug Feature Register 1

Provides top-level information about the debug system in AArch32.

For general information about the interpretation of the ID registers see 'Principles of the ID scheme for fields in ID registers'.

Configuration

AArch64 System register ID_DFR1_EL1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ID_DFR1[31:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_AA64 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to ID_DFR1_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Prior to the introduction of the features described by this register, this register was unnamed and reserved, RES0 from EL1, EL2, and EL3.

Attributes

ID_DFR1_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

When FEAT_AA32 is implemented:

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RES0
RES0HPMN0MTPMU

Bits [63:8]:

Reserved, RES0.

HPMN0, bits [7:4]:

Zero PMU event counters for a Guest operating system.

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

HPMN0Meaning
0b0000

Setting HDCR.HPMN to zero has CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behavior.

0b0001

Setting HDCR.HPMN to zero has defined behavior.

All other values are reserved.

If FEAT_PMUv3 is not implemented, FEAT_FGT is not implemented, or EL2 is not implemented, the only permitted value is 0b0000.

FEAT_HPMN0 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

From Armv8.8, in an implementation that includes FEAT_PMUv3, FEAT_FGT, and EL2, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

MTPMU, bits [3:0]:

Multi-threaded PMU extension.

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

MTPMUMeaning
0b0000

FEAT_MTPMU not implemented. If FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, it is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether PMEVTYPER<n>.MT are read/write or RES0.

0b0001

FEAT_MTPMU and FEAT_PMUv3 implemented. PMEVTYPER<n>.MT are read/write. When FEAT_MTPMU is disabled, the Effective values of PMEVTYPER<n>.MT are 0.

0b1111

FEAT_MTPMU not implemented. If FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, PMEVTYPER<n>.MT are RES0.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_MTPMU implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

From Armv8.6, in an implementation that includes FEAT_PMUv3, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

In an implementation that does not include FEAT_PMUv3, the value 0b0001 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

Otherwise:

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UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

Bits [63:0]:

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

Access Instructions

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

MRS <Xt>, ID_DFR1_EL1

(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b0000, CRm = 0b0011, op2 = 0b101)

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64) then UnimplementedIDRegister(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDTE3) && SCR_EL3().TID3 == '1' then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDST) then AArch64_SystemAccessTraptoEL1orEL2(0x18); else Undefined(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) || !IsZero(ID_DFR1_EL1()) || ImpDefBool("ID_DFR1_EL1 trapped by HCR_EL2.TID3")) && HCR_EL2().TID3 == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDTE3) && SCR_EL3().TID3 == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = ID_DFR1_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDTE3) && SCR_EL3().TID3 == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = ID_DFR1_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = ID_DFR1_EL1(); end;


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