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RVBAR_EL2: Reset Vector Base Address Register (if EL3 not implemented)

Purpose

If EL2 is the highest Exception level implemented, contains the IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED address that execution starts from after reset when executing in AArch64 state.

Configuration

This register is present only when the highest implemented Exception level is EL2 and FEAT_AA64 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to RVBAR_EL2 are UNDEFINED.

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

Attributes

RVBAR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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ResetAddress
ResetAddress

ResetAddress, bits [63:0]

The IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED address that execution starts from after reset when executing in 64-bit state. Bits[1:0] of this register are 00, as this address must be aligned, and the address must be within the physical address size supported by the PE.

This field has an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED value.

Access to this field is RO.

Accessing RVBAR_EL2

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

MRS <Xt>, RVBAR_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b11000b00000b001

if !(IsHighestEL(EL2) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 && IsHighestEL(EL2) && EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 && IsHighestEL(EL2) then X[t, 64] = RVBAR_EL2; else UNDEFINED;