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# ICC_SRE_EL2, Interrupt Controller System Register Enable register (EL2)

The ICC_SRE_EL2 characteristics are:

## Purpose

Controls whether the System register interface or the memory-mapped interface to the GIC CPU interface is used for EL2.

## Configuration

AArch64 System register ICC_SRE_EL2 is architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ICC_HSRE.

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

This register has no effect if EL2 is not enabled in the current Security state.

Some or all RW fields of this register have defined reset values. These apply only if the PE resets into an Exception level that is using AArch64. Otherwise, RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.

## Attributes

ICC_SRE_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

## Field descriptions

The ICC_SRE_EL2 bit assignments are:

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
RES0
RES0 | Enable | DIB | DFB | SRE
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

#### Bits [63:4]

Reserved, RES0.

#### Enable, bit [3]

Enable. Enables lower Exception level access to ICC_SRE_EL1.

Enable | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | When EL2 is implemented and enabled in the current Security state, EL1 accesses to ICC_SRE_EL1 trap to EL2.
0b1 | EL1 accesses to ICC_SRE_EL1 do not trap to EL2.

If ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE is RAO/WI, an implementation is permitted to make the Enable bit RAO/WI.

If ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE is 0, the Enable bit behaves as 1 for all purposes other than reading the value of the bit.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### DIB, bit [2]

Disable IRQ bypass.

DIB | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | IRQ bypass enabled.
0b1 | IRQ bypass disabled.

If EL3 is implemented and GICD_CTLR.DS is 0, this field is a read-only alias of ICC_SRE_EL3.DIB.

If EL3 is implemented and GICD_CTLR.DS is 1, this field is a read-write alias of ICC_SRE_EL3.DIB.

In systems that do not support IRQ bypass, this bit is RAO/WI.

This field resets to 0.

#### DFB, bit [1]

Disable FIQ bypass.

DFB | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | FIQ bypass enabled.
0b1 | FIQ bypass disabled.

If EL3 is implemented and GICD_CTLR.DS is 0, this field is a read-only alias of ICC_SRE_EL3.DFB.

If EL3 is implemented and GICD_CTLR.DS is 1, this field is a read-write alias of ICC_SRE_EL3.DFB.

In systems that do not support FIQ bypass, this bit is RAO/WI.

This field resets to 0.

#### SRE, bit [0]

System Register Enable.

SRE | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | The memory-mapped interface must be used. Access at EL2 to any ICH_* or ICC_* register other than ICC_SRE_EL1 or ICC_SRE_EL2, is trapped to EL2.
0b1 | The System register interface to the ICH_* registers and the EL1 and EL2 ICC_* registers is enabled for EL2.

If software changes this bit from 1 to 0, the results are UNPREDICTABLE.

If an implementation supports only a System register interface to the GIC CPU interface, this bit is RAO/WI.

If EL3 is implemented and ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE==0 this bit is RAZ/WI. If ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE is changed from zero to one, this bit becomes UNKNOWN.

GICv3 implementations that do not require GICv2 compatibility might choose to make this bit RAO/WI, but this is only allowed if ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE is also RAO/WI.

This field resets to 0.

## Accessing the ICC_SRE_EL2

Execution with ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE set to 0 might make some System registers UNKNOWN.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

#### MRS <Xt>, ICC_SRE_EL2

op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1100 | 0b1001 | 0b101

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && ICC_SRE_EL3.Enable == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else return ICC_SRE_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if !EL2Enabled() then UNDEFINED; else return ICC_SRE_EL2;

#### MSR ICC_SRE_EL2, <Xt>

op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1100 | 0b1001 | 0b101

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && ICC_SRE_EL3.Enable == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else ICC_SRE_EL2 = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if !EL2Enabled() then UNDEFINED; else ICC_SRE_EL2 = X[t];

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