VBAR

When high exception vectors are not selected, holds the vector base address for exceptions that are not taken to Monitor mode or to Hyp mode.

Software must program VBAR(NS) with the required initial value as part of the PE boot sequence.

Configuration

AArch32 System register VBAR bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register VBAR_EL1[31:0].

This register is present only when EL1 is capable of using AArch32. Otherwise, direct accesses to VBAR are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

Field descriptions

VBA, bits [31:5]

Vector Base Address. Bits[31:5] of the base address of the exception vectors for exceptions taken to this Exception level. Bits[4:0] of an exception vector are the exception offset.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED value.

Bits [4:0]

Accessing VBAR

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

MRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

coproc	opc1	CRn	CRm	opc2
0b1111	0b000	0b1100	0b0000	0b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T12 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T12 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) then R[t] = VBAR_NS; else R[t] = VBAR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) then R[t] = VBAR_NS; else R[t] = VBAR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' then R[t] = VBAR_S; else R[t] = VBAR_NS;

MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

coproc	opc1	CRn	CRm	opc2
0b1111	0b000	0b1100	0b0000	0b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T12 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T12 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) then VBAR_NS = R[t]; else VBAR = R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && ELUsingAArch32(EL3) then VBAR_NS = R[t]; else VBAR = R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCR.NS == '0' && CP15SDISABLE == Signal_High then UNDEFINED; elsif SCR.NS == '0' && CP15SDISABLE2 == Signal_High then UNDEFINED; else if SCR.NS == '0' then VBAR_S = R[t]; else VBAR_NS = R[t];

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VBA																											RES0

VBAR, Vector Base Address Register

Purpose