CNTPS_CTL

Control register for the secure physical timer, usually accessible at EL3 but configurably accessible at EL1 in Secure state.

Configuration

This register is present only when EL3 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to CNTPS_CTL_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:3]

ISTATUS, bit [2]

The status of the timer. This bit indicates whether the timer condition is met:

ISTATUS	Meaning
0b0	Timer condition is not met.
0b1	Timer condition is met.

When the value of the ENABLE bit is 1, ISTATUS indicates whether the timer condition is met. ISTATUS takes no account of the value of the IMASK bit. If the value of ISTATUS is 1 and the value of IMASK is 0 then the timer interrupt is asserted.

When the value of the ENABLE bit is 0, the ISTATUS field is UNKNOWN.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Access to this field is RO.

IMASK, bit [1]

Timer interrupt mask bit. Permitted values are:

IMASK	Meaning
0b0	Timer interrupt is not masked by the IMASK bit.
0b1	Timer interrupt is masked by the IMASK bit.

For more information, see the description of the ISTATUS bit.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

ENABLE, bit [0]

Enables the timer. Permitted values are:

ENABLE	Meaning
0b0	Timer disabled.
0b1	Timer enabled.

Setting this bit to 0 disables the timer output signal, but the timer value accessible from CNTPS_TVAL_EL1 continues to count down.

Note

Disabling the output signal might be a power-saving option.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Accessing CNTPS_CTL_EL1

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

MRS <Xt>, CNTPS_CTL_EL1

op0	op1	CRn	CRm	op2
0b11	0b111	0b1110	0b0010	0b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if SCR_EL3.EEL2 == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif SCR_EL3.ST == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = CNTPS_CTL_EL1; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = CNTPS_CTL_EL1;

MSR CNTPS_CTL_EL1, <Xt>

op0	op1	CRn	CRm	op2
0b11	0b111	0b1110	0b0010	0b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if SCR_EL3.EEL2 == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif SCR_EL3.ST == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else CNTPS_CTL_EL1 = X[t, 64]; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then CNTPS_CTL_EL1 = X[t, 64];

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RES0																													ISTATUS	IMASK	ENABLE

CNTPS_CTL_EL1, Counter-timer Physical Secure Timer Control Register

Purpose

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:3]

ISTATUS, bit [2]

IMASK, bit [1]

ENABLE, bit [0]

Accessing CNTPS_CTL_EL1

MRS <Xt>, CNTPS_CTL_EL1

MSR CNTPS_CTL_EL1, <Xt>