ICV_BPR0

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 0 interrupt preemption.

Configuration

AArch64 System register ICV_BPR0_EL1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ICV_BPR0[31:0].

This register is present only when GICv3 is implemented and EL2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to ICV_BPR0_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:3]

BinaryPoint, bits [2:0]

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. This is done as follows:

Binary point value	Group priority field	Subpriority field	Field with binary point
0	[7:1]	[0]	ggggggg.s
1	[7:2]	[1:0]	gggggg.ss
2	[7:3]	[2:0]	ggggg.sss
3	[7:4]	[3:0]	gggg.ssss
4	[7:5]	[4:0]	ggg.sssss
5	[7:6]	[5:0]	gg.ssssss
6	[7]	[6:0]	g.sssssss
7	No preemption	[7:0]	.ssssssss

The reset behavior of this field is:

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

Accessing ICV_BPR0_EL1

The minimum binary point value is derived from the number of implemented preemption bits, as shown in the following table:

Number of implemented preemption bits	Minimum value of BPR0
7	0
6	1
5	2

The number of implemented preemption bits is indicated by ICH_VTR_EL2.PREbits.

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:

MRS <Xt>, ICC_BPR0_EL1

op0	op1	CRn	CRm	op2
0b11	0b000	0b1100	0b1000	0b011

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif ICC_SRE_EL1.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && ICH_HCR_EL2.TALL0 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.FMO == '1' then X[t, 64] = ICV_BPR0_EL1; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = ICC_BPR0_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = ICC_BPR0_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = ICC_BPR0_EL1;

MSR ICC_BPR0_EL1, <Xt>

op0	op1	CRn	CRm	op2
0b11	0b000	0b1100	0b1000	0b011

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif ICC_SRE_EL1.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && ICH_HCR_EL2.TALL0 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.FMO == '1' then ICV_BPR0_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else ICC_BPR0_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FIQ == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else ICC_BPR0_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else ICC_BPR0_EL1 = X[t, 64];

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RES0
RES0																													BinaryPoint

ICV_BPR0_EL1, Interrupt Controller Virtual Binary Point Register 0

Purpose