CNTP_CTL, Counter-timer Physical Timer Control

The CNTP_CTL characteristics are:

Purpose

Control register for the EL1 physical timer.

This register is part of the Generic Timer registers functional group.

Usage constraints

This register is accessible as follows:

Default
RW

CNTP_CTL can be implemented in any implemented CNTBaseN frame, and in the corresponding CNTEL0BaseN frame.

'CNTCTLBase status and control fields for the CNTBaseN and CNTEL0BaseN frames' in Chapter I1 of the ARMv8 ARM describes the status fields that identify whether a CNTBaseN frame is implemented, and for an implemented frame:

For an implemented CNTBaseN frame:

For an implemented CNTEL0BaseN frame:

Configuration

The power domain of CNTP_CTL is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.

On a reset of the reset domain in which an RW instance of this register is implemented, RW fields in the register reset to UNKNOWN values. The register is not affected by a reset of any other reset domain. For more information see 'Power and reset domains for the system level implementation of the Generic Timer' in Chapter I1 of the ARMv8 ARM.

Attributes

CNTP_CTL is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

The CNTP_CTL bit assignments are:

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000000000000000000000000000ISTATUSIMASKENABLE

Bits [31:3]

Reserved, RES0.

ISTATUS, bit [2]

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

ISTATUSMeaning
0

Timer condition is not met.

1

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.

For more information see 'Operation of the CompareValue views of the timers' and 'Operation of the TimerValue views of the timers' in the ARM ARM, chapter D6.

This bit is read-only.

IMASK, bit [1]

Timer interrupt mask bit. Permitted values are:

IMASKMeaning
0

Timer interrupt is not masked by the IMASK bit.

1

Timer interrupt is masked by the IMASK bit.

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

ENABLE, bit [0]

Enables the timer. Permitted values are:

ENABLEMeaning
0

Timer disabled.

1

Timer enabled.

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

Note

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

Accessing the CNTP_CTL

CNTP_CTL can be accessed through its memory-mapped interface:

ComponentFrameOffset
TimerCNTBaseN 0x02C
TimerCNTEL0BaseN 0x02C



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