EDLSR, External Debug Lock Status Register
The EDLSR characteristics are:
Purpose
Indicates the current status of the software lock for external debug registers.
The optional Software Lock provides a lock to prevent memory-mapped writes to the debug registers. Use of this lock mechanism reduces the risk of accidental damage to the contents of the debug registers. It does not, and cannot, prevent all accidental or malicious damage.
Configuration
If ARMv8.3-DoPD is implemented, Software Lock is not implemented by the architecturally-defined debug components of the PE in the Core power domain.
If ARMv8.3-DoPD is not implemented, this register is in the Debug power domain.
Software uses EDLAR to set or clear the lock, and EDLSR to check the current status of the lock.
Attributes
EDLSR is a 32-bit register.
Field descriptions
The EDLSR bit assignments are:
Bits [31:3]
Reserved, RES0.
nTT, bit [2]
Not thirty-two bit access required. RAZ.
SLK, bit [1]
When Software Lock is implemented:
When Software Lock is implemented:
Software Lock status for this component. For an access to LSR that is not a memory-mapped access, or when Software Lock is not implemented, this field is RES0.
For memory-mapped accesses when Software Lock is implemented, possible values of this field are:
| SLK | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
Lock clear. Writes are permitted to this component's registers. |
| 0b1 |
Lock set. Writes to this component's registers are ignored, and reads have no side effects. |
The following resets apply:
On a Cold reset, this field resets to:
- If ARMv8.3-DoPD is implemented, 1.
- If ARMv8.3-DoPD is not implemented, an unchanged value.
On an External debug reset, this field resets to:
- If ARMv8.3-DoPD is implemented, an unchanged value.
- Otherwise, 1.
On a Warm reset, the value of this field is unchanged.
Otherwise:
Otherwise:
Reserved, RAZ.
SLI, bit [0]
Software Lock implemented. For an access to LSR that is not a memory-mapped access, this field is RAZ. For memory-mapped accesses, the value of this field is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED. Permitted values are:
| SLI | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
Software Lock not implemented or not memory-mapped access. |
| 0b1 |
Software Lock implemented and memory-mapped access. |
Accessing the EDLSR
EDLSR can be accessed through the memory-mapped interfaces:
| Component | Offset | Instance |
|---|---|---|
| Debug | 0xFB4 | EDLSR |
This interface is accessible as follows:
- When ARMv8.3-DoPD is not implemented or IsCorePowered() accesses to this register are RO.
- Otherwise accesses to this register generate an error response.