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EDITCTRL, External Debug Integration mode Control register

The EDITCTRL characteristics are:

Purpose

Enables the external debug to switch from its default mode into integration mode, where test software can control directly the inputs and outputs of the PE, for integration testing or topology detection.

Configuration

The power domain of EDITCTRL is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.

Implementation of this register is OPTIONAL.

Attributes

EDITCTRL is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

Bits [31:1]

IME, bit [0]

Accessing EDITCTRL

EDITCTRL can be accessed through the external debug interface:

Accessible as follows:

• When DoubleLockStatus(), or !IsCorePowered(), or OSLockStatus(), accesses to this register are IMPDEF.
• When SoftwareLockStatus(), accesses to this register are RO.
• Otherwise, accesses to this register are RW.

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