MPAM Streaming Mode Bandwidth Control Register (EL1)
Enables software to configure a maximum fraction of memory bandwidth that the PE is permitted for SME memory accesses labelled with values from MPAMSM_EL1.
This register is present only when FEAT_MPAM_PE_BW_CTRL is implemented and FEAT_SME is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to MPAMBWSM_EL1 are UNDEFINED.
MPAMBWSM_EL1 is a 64-bit register.
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| HW_SCALE_ENABLE | ENABLED | HARDLIM | RES0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enables hardware bandwidth scaling of the MPAMBWSM_EL1.MAX value.
| HW_SCALE_ENABLE | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
PE-side memory bandwidth control hardware scaling for streaming PARTIDs is disabled. |
| 0b1 |
PE-side memory bandwidth control hardware scaling for streaming PARTIDs is enabled. |
The reset behavior of this field is:
Reserved, RES0.
Enables the PE-side memory bandwidth control for streaming PARTIDs.
| ENABLED | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
PE-side memory bandwidth control for streaming PARTIDs is disabled. |
| 0b1 |
PE-side memory bandwidth control for streaming PARTIDs is enabled. |
The reset behavior of this field is:
PE-side Maximum-bandwidth Limit Behavior Selection.
| HARDLIM | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
Soft limit: when MPAMBWSM_EL1.MAX bandwidth is exceeded, the PE is unregulated unless the downstream memory path is saturated. It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED how hardware determines when the downstream memory path is saturated. |
| 0b1 |
Hard limit: when MPAMBWSM_EL1.MAX bandwidth is exceeded, the PE does not use any more bandwidth until the memory bandwidth for the PE falls below MPAMBWSM_EL1.MAX. |
The reset behavior of this field is:
Accessing this field has the following behavior:
Reserved, RES0.
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Maximum memory bandwidth allocated to the partition selected by MPAMSM_EL1.PARTID_D.
The value is represented as a multiplier of the available bandwidth for the PE. The value is represented in base-2 fixed-point format.
Bits [31:16] represent the integer part of the value.
Bits [15:(16 - MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD)] represent the fractional part of the value. When MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD indicates a width less than 16 bits, bits [(15 - MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD):0] are RES0.
The reset behavior of this field is:
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| RES0 | MAX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reserved, RES0.
Maximum memory bandwidth allocated to the partition selected by MPAMSM_EL1.PARTID_D.
The value is represented as a fraction of the available bandwidth for the PE. The value is represented in base-2 fixed-point format.
Bits [15:(16 - MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD)] represent the fractional part of the value. When MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD indicates a width less than 16 bits, bits [(15 - MPAMBWIDR_EL1.BWA_WD):0] are RES0.
The reset behavior of this field is:
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRS <Xt>, MPAMBWSM_EL1
(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1010, CRm = 0b0101, op2 = 0b111)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MPAM_PE_BW_CTRL) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME)) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MPAMBW2_EL2.nTRAP_MPAMBWSM_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = MPAMBWSM_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = MPAMBWSM_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = MPAMBWSM_EL1;
MSR MPAMBWSM_EL1, <Xt>
(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1010, CRm = 0b0101, op2 = 0b111)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MPAM_PE_BW_CTRL) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME)) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MPAMBW2_EL2.nTRAP_MPAMBWSM_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else MPAMBWSM_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAMBW3_EL3.nTRAPLOWER == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else MPAMBWSM_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then MPAMBWSM_EL1 = X[t, 64];
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