EDDFR

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

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:60]

ExtTrcBuff, bits [59:56]

Trace Buffer External Mode Extension.

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

ExtTrcBuff	Meaning
0b0000	Trace Buffer Extension not implemented or Trace Buffer External Mode not implemented.
0b0001	Trace Buffer Extension implemented and Trace Buffer External Mode implemented.

All other values are reserved.

If FEAT_TRBE is not implemented, the only permitted value is 0b0000.

FEAT_TRBE_EXT implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

In an implementation that supports AArch64, this field has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.ExtTrcBuff.

Access to this field is RO.

Bits [55:48]

TraceBuffer, bits [47:44]
When FEAT_TRBE_EXT is implemented:

Trace Buffer Extension.

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

TraceBuffer	Meaning
0b0000	Trace Buffer Extension not implemented.
0b0001	Trace Buffer Extension implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_TRBE implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

In any Armv9 implementation, if FEAT_ETE is implemented, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

Otherwise:

TraceFilt, bits [43:40]

Armv8.4 Self-hosted Trace Extension version.

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

TraceFilt	Meaning
0b0000	Armv8.4 Self-hosted Trace Extension is not implemented.
0b0001	Armv8.4 Self-hosted Trace Extension is implemented.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_TRF implements the functionality added by 0b0001.

From Armv8.4, the permitted values are 0b0000 and 0b0001.

Access to this field is RO.

Bits [39:32]

CTX_CMPs, bits [31:28]

Number of context-aware breakpoints, minus 1.

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

CTX_CMPs	Meaning
0b0000..0b1111	The number of context-aware breakpoints, minus 1.

The value of this field is never greater than EDDFR.BRPs.

In an implementation that supports AArch64, this field has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.CTX_CMPs.

If FEAT_Debugv8p9 is implemented and 16 or more context-aware breakpoints are implemented, then this field reads as 0b1111 and EDDFR1.CTX_CMPs indicates the number of context-aware breakpoints.

Note

If AArch32 is supported at EL1, then the PE does not implement more than 16 breakpoints.

Access to this field is RO.

SEBEP, bits [27:24]

This field either has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.SEBEP or reads as zero.

WRPs, bits [23:20]

Number of watchpoints, minus 1.

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

WRPs	Meaning
0b0001..0b1111	The number of watchpoints, minus 1.

In an implementation that supports AArch64, this field has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.WRPs.

If FEAT_Debugv8p9 is implemented and 16 or more watchpoints are implemented, then this field reads as 0b1111 and EDDFR1.WRPs indicates the number of watchpoints.

Note

If AArch32 is supported at EL1, then the PE does not implement more than 16 watchpoints.

The value 0b0000 is reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

PMSS, bits [19:16]

This field either has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.PMSS or reads as zero.

BRPs, bits [15:12]

Number of breakpoints, minus 1.

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

BRPs	Meaning
0b0001..0b1111	The number of breakpoints, minus 1.

In an implementation that supports AArch64, this field has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.BRPs.

If FEAT_Debugv8p9 is implemented and 16 or more breakpoints are implemented, then this field reads as 0b1111 and EDDFR1.BRPs indicates the number of breakpoints.

Note

If AArch32 is supported at EL1, then the PE does not implement more than 16 breakpoints.

The value 0b0000 is reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

PMUVer, bits [11:8]

Performance Monitors Extension version.

This field does not follow the standard ID scheme, but uses the alternative ID scheme described in 'Alternative ID scheme used for the Performance Monitors Extension version'

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

PMUVer	Meaning
0b0000	Performance Monitors Extension not implemented.
0b0001	Performance Monitors Extension, PMUv3 implemented.
0b0100	PMUv3 for Armv8.1. As 0b0001, and adds support for: Extended 16-bit PMEVTYPER<n>_EL0.evtCount field. If EL2 is implemented, the MDCR_EL2.HPMD control.
0b0101	PMUv3 for Armv8.4. As 0b0100, and adds support for the PMMIR_EL1 register.
0b0110	PMUv3 for Armv8.5. As 0b0101, and adds support for: 64-bit event counters. If EL2 is implemented, the MDCR_EL2.HCCD control. If EL3 is implemented, the MDCR_EL3.SCCD control.
0b0111	PMUv3 for Armv8.7. As 0b0110, and adds support for: The PMCR_EL0.FZO and, if EL2 is implemented, MDCR_EL2.HPMFZO controls. If EL3 is implemented, the MDCR_EL3.{MPMX,MCCD} controls.
0b1000	PMUv3 for Armv8.8. As 0b0111, and: Extends the Common event number space to include 0x0040 to 0x00BF and 0x4040 to 0x40BF. Removes the CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behaviors if a reserved or unimplemented PMU event number is selected.
0b1001	PMUv3 for Armv8.9. As 0b1000, and: Updates the definitions of existing PMU events. Adds support for the PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN control and the PMUACR_EL1 register. Adds support for the EDECR.PME control.
0b1111	IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED form of performance monitors supported, PMUv3 not supported. Arm does not recommend this value for new implementations.

All other values are reserved.

FEAT_PMUv3 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0001.

FEAT_PMUv3p1 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0100.

FEAT_PMUv3p4 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0101.

FEAT_PMUv3p5 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0110.

FEAT_PMUv3p7 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b0111.

FEAT_PMUv3p8 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b1000.

FEAT_PMUv3p9 implements the functionality identified by the value 0b1001.

From Armv8.1, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b0001 is not permitted.

From Armv8.4, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b0100 is not permitted.

From Armv8.5, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b0101 is not permitted.

From Armv8.7, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b0110 is not permitted.

From Armv8.8, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b0111 is not permitted.

From Armv8.9, if FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented, the value 0b1000 is not permitted.

In an implementation that supports AArch64, this field has the same value as ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.PMUVer.

Access to this field is RO.

TraceVer, bits [7:4]

Trace support. Indicates whether System register interface to a trace unit is implemented.

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

TraceVer	Meaning
0b0000	Trace unit System registers not implemented.
0b0001	Trace unit System registers implemented.

All other values are reserved.

A value of 0b0000 only indicates that no System register interface to a trace unit is implemented. A trace unit might nevertheless be implemented without a System register interface.

In an Armv8-A implementation that supports AArch64, this field returns the value of ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.TraceVer.

Access to this field is RO.

Bits [3:0]

Accessing EDDFR

EDDFR can be accessed through the external debug interface:

EDDFR, External Debug Feature Register

Purpose

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:60]

ExtTrcBuff, bits [59:56]

Bits [55:48]

TraceBuffer, bits [47:44]
When FEAT_TRBE_EXT is implemented:

Otherwise:

TraceFilt, bits [43:40]

Bits [39:32]

CTX_CMPs, bits [31:28]

SEBEP, bits [27:24]

WRPs, bits [23:20]

PMSS, bits [19:16]

BRPs, bits [15:12]

PMUVer, bits [11:8]

TraceVer, bits [7:4]

Bits [3:0]

Accessing EDDFR

EDDFR can be accessed through the external debug interface:

63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32
31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
UNKNOWN				ExtTrcBuff				UNKNOWN								TraceBuffer				TraceFilt				UNKNOWN
CTX_CMPs				SEBEP				WRPs				PMSS				BRPs				PMUVer				TraceVer				UNKNOWN

EDDFR, External Debug Feature Register

Purpose

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

Bits [63:60]

ExtTrcBuff, bits [59:56]

Bits [55:48]

TraceBuffer, bits [47:44]When FEAT_TRBE_EXT is implemented:

Otherwise:

TraceFilt, bits [43:40]

Bits [39:32]

CTX_CMPs, bits [31:28]

SEBEP, bits [27:24]

WRPs, bits [23:20]

PMSS, bits [19:16]

BRPs, bits [15:12]

PMUVer, bits [11:8]

TraceVer, bits [7:4]

Bits [3:0]

Accessing EDDFR

EDDFR can be accessed through the external debug interface:

TraceBuffer, bits [47:44]
When FEAT_TRBE_EXT is implemented: