GICR_VPROPBASER, Virtual Redistributor Properties Base Address Register

The GICR_VPROPBASER characteristics are:

Purpose

Specifies the base address of the memory that holds the virtual LPI Configuration table for the currently scheduled virtual machine.

This register is part of the GIC Redistributor registers functional group.

Usage constraints

This register is accessible as follows:

Security disabledSecureNon-secure
RWRWRW

Configuration

RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.

This register is provided in GICv4 implementations only.

Attributes

GICR_VPROPBASER is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The GICR_VPROPBASER bit assignments are:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
00000OuterCache0000Physical_Address
Physical_AddressShareabilityInnerCache00IDbits
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210

Bits [63:59]

Reserved, RES0.

OuterCache, bits [58:56]

Indicates the Outer Cacheability attributes of accesses to the LPI Configuration table. The possible values of this field are:

OuterCacheMeaning
000

Memory type defined in InnerCache field. For Normal memory, Outer Cacheability is the same as Inner Cacheability.

001

Normal Outer Non-cacheable.

010

Normal Outer Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-through.

011

Normal Outer Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-back.

100

Normal Outer Cacheable Write-allocate, Write-through.

101

Normal Outer Cacheable Write-allocate, Write-back.

110

Normal Outer Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-allocate, Write-through.

111

Normal Outer Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-allocate, Write-back.

It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether this field has a fixed value or can be programmed by software. Implementing this field with a fixed value is deprecated.

When this register has an architecturally-defined reset value, if this field is implemented as an RW field, it resets to a value that is architecturally UNKNOWN.

Bits [55:52]

Reserved, RES0.

Physical_Address, bits [51:12]

Bits [51:12] of the physical address containing the virtual LPI Configuration table.

In implementations supporting fewer than 52 bits of physical address, unimplemented upper bits are RES0.

When this register has an architecturally-defined reset value, this field resets to a value that is architecturally UNKNOWN.

Shareability, bits [11:10]

Indicates the Shareability attributes of accesses to the LPI Configuration table. The possible values of this field are:

ShareabilityMeaning
00

Non-shareable.

01

Inner Shareable.

10

Outer Shareable.

11

Reserved. Treated as 00.

It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether this field has a fixed value or can be programmed by software. Implementing this field with a fixed value is deprecated.

When this register has an architecturally-defined reset value, if this field is implemented as an RW field, it resets to a value that is architecturally UNKNOWN.

InnerCache, bits [9:7]

Indicates the Inner Cacheability attributes of accesses to the LPI Configuration table. The possible values of this field are:

InnerCacheMeaning
000

Device-nGnRnE.

001

Normal Inner Non-cacheable.

010

Normal Inner Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-through.

011

Normal Inner Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-back.

100

Normal Inner Cacheable Write-allocate, Write-through.

101

Normal Inner Cacheable Write-allocate, Write-back.

110

Normal Inner Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-allocate, Write-through.

111

Normal Inner Cacheable Read-allocate, Write-allocate, Write-back.

When this register has an architecturally-defined reset value, this field resets to a value that is architecturally UNKNOWN.

Bits [6:5]

Reserved, RES0.

IDbits, bits [4:0]

The number of bits of virtual LPI INTID supported, minus one.

If the value of this field is less than 0b1101, indicating that the largest INTID is less than 8192 (the smallest LPI interrupt ID), the GIC will behave as if all virtual LPIs are out of range.

When this register has an architecturally-defined reset value, this field resets to a value that is architecturally UNKNOWN.

Accessing the GICR_VPROPBASER

GICR_VPROPBASER can be accessed through its memory-mapped interface:

ComponentFrameOffset
GIC RedistributorVLPI_base0x0070-0x0074



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