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  <registers>
  
    <register execution_state="AArch32" is_register="True" is_internal="True" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>PMSELR</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Performance Monitors Event Counter Selection Register</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="UNDEFINED">when FEAT_AA32 is implemented and FEAT_PMUv3 is implemented</reg_condition>
      




          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        



    
      
      <reg_mapping>
        
  

    

  

    <mapped_name filename="AArch64-pmselr_el0.xml">PMSELR_EL0</mapped_name>
  <mapped_type>Architectural</mapped_type>
      <mapped_execution_state>AArch64</mapped_execution_state>
    <mapped_from_startbit>31</mapped_from_startbit>
    <mapped_from_endbit>0</mapped_from_endbit>
    <mapped_to_startbit>31</mapped_to_startbit>
    <mapped_to_endbit>0</mapped_to_endbit>
    <mapped_from_rangeset output="31:0">
      <range>
        <msb>31</msb>
        <lsb>0</lsb>
      </range>
    </mapped_from_rangeset>
    <mapped_to_rangeset output="31:0">
      <range>
        <msb>31</msb>
        <lsb>0</lsb>
      </range>
    </mapped_to_rangeset>

      </reg_mapping>

      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Selects the current event counter <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmevcntrn.xml">PMEVCNTR&lt;n&gt;</register_link> or the cycle counter <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmccntr.xml">PMCCNTR</register_link>.</para>

      </purpose_text>
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Used in conjunction with <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevtyper.xml">PMXEVTYPER</register_link> to determine the event that increments a selected counter, and the modes and states in which the selected counter increments.</para>

      </purpose_text>
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Used in conjunction with <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link> to determine the value of a selected counter.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
          <reg_group>PMU</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>PMSELR is a 32-bit register.</para>
      </attributes_text>

      </reg_attributes>
      <reg_fieldsets>
        






<fields id="fieldset_0" length="32">
  <text_before_fields/>
  <field id="fieldset_0-31_5" has_partial_fieldset="False" is_linked_to_partial_fieldset="False" is_access_restriction_possible="False" is_variable_length="False" is_constant_value="False" is_partial_field="False" is_conditional_field_name="False" rwtype="RES0">
    <field_msb>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>5</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:5</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"/>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Reserved, <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
    </field_description>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-4_0" has_partial_fieldset="False" is_linked_to_partial_fieldset="False" is_access_restriction_possible="False" is_variable_length="False" is_constant_value="False" is_partial_field="False" is_conditional_field_name="False">
    <field_name>SEL</field_name>
    <field_msb>4</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>4:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Event counter select. Selects the counter accessed by subsequent accesses to <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevtyper.xml">PMXEVTYPER</register_link> and <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link>.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after">
      <para>For more information about the results of accesses to the event counters, including when PMSELR.SEL is set to the index of an unimplemented or inaccessible event counter, see <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevtyper.xml">PMXEVTYPER</register_link> and <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link>.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b00000..0b11110</field_value>
        <field_value_description><para>Select event counter <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmevcntrn.xml">PMEVCNTR&lt;n&gt;</register_link>, where n is the value of this field:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content><instruction>MRC</instruction> and <instruction>MCR</instruction> of <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevtyper.xml">PMXEVTYPER</register_link> access <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmevtypern.xml">PMEVTYPER&lt;n&gt;</register_link>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content><instruction>MRC</instruction> and <instruction>MCR</instruction> of <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link> access <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmevcntrn.xml">PMEVCNTR&lt;n&gt;</register_link>.</content>
</listitem></list></field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b11111</field_value>
        <field_value_description><para>Select the cycle counter, <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmccntr.xml">PMCCNTR</register_link>:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content><instruction>MRC</instruction> and <instruction>MCR</instruction> of <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevtyper.xml">PMXEVTYPER</register_link> access <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmccfiltr.xml">PMCCFILTR</register_link>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content><instruction>MRC</instruction> and <instruction>MCR</instruction> of <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link> are <arm-defined-word>CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word>. For more information, see <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-pmxevcntr.xml">PMXEVCNTR</register_link>.</content>
</listitem></list></field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Warm">
        <field_reset_standard_text>AU</field_reset_standard_text>
      </field_reset>
    </field_resets>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="32">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-31_5" msb="31" lsb="5"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-4_0" msb="4" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          






    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRC PMSELR" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRC{&lt;c&gt;}{&lt;q&gt;} &lt;coproc&gt;, {#}&lt;opc1&gt;, &lt;Rt&gt;, &lt;CRn&gt;, &lt;CRm&gt;{, {#}&lt;opc2&gt;}</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="coproc" v="0b1111"/>
                
                <enc n="opc1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1001"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="opc2" v="0b101"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRC" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL1) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) &amp;&amp; ((IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR_EL0().[UEN,ER,EN] == '000') || (!IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR_EL0().[ER,EN] == '00')) then
        if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x03);
        end;
    elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL1) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR().[ER,EN] == '00' then
        if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
        elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR().TGE == '1' then
            AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x00);
        else
            Undefined();
        end;
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; !ELIsInHost(EL0) &amp;&amp; HSTR_EL2().T9 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HSTR().T9 == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL1) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL1)) &amp;&amp; !ELIsInHost(EL0) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) &amp;&amp; (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3().FGTEn == '1') &amp;&amp; HDFGRTR_EL2().PMSELR_EL0 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HDCR().TPM == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        R(t) = PMSELR();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HSTR_EL2().T9 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HSTR().T9 == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HDCR().TPM == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        R(t) = PMSELR();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        R(t) = PMSELR();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    R(t) = PMSELR();
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MCR PMSELR" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MCR{&lt;c&gt;}{&lt;q&gt;} &lt;coproc&gt;, {#}&lt;opc1&gt;, &lt;Rt&gt;, &lt;CRn&gt;, &lt;CRm&gt;{, {#}&lt;opc2&gt;}</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="coproc" v="0b1111"/>
                
                <enc n="opc1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1001"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="opc2" v="0b101"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MCR" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL1) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) &amp;&amp; ((IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR_EL0().[UEN,ER,EN] == '000') || (!IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR_EL0().[ER,EN] == '00')) then
        if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x03);
        end;
    elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL1) &amp;&amp; PMUSERENR().[ER,EN] == '00' then
        if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
        elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HCR().TGE == '1' then
            AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x00);
        else
            Undefined();
        end;
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; !ELIsInHost(EL0) &amp;&amp; HSTR_EL2().T9 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HSTR().T9 == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL1) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL1)) &amp;&amp; !ELIsInHost(EL0) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) &amp;&amp; (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3().FGTEn == '1') &amp;&amp; HDFGWTR_EL2().PMSELR_EL0 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2)) &amp;&amp; HDCR().TPM == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        PMSELR() = R(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HSTR_EL2().T9 == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HSTR().T9 == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then
        AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) &amp;&amp; ELUsingAArch32(EL2) &amp;&amp; HDCR().TPM == '1' then
        AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        PMSELR() = R(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) &amp;&amp; !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) &amp;&amp; MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03);
        end;
    else
        PMSELR() = R(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    PMSELR() = R(t);
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>

      </access_mechanisms>

      <arch_variants>
      </arch_variants>
  </register>
</registers>
<timestamp>2026-03-26 20:27:25</timestamp>
<commit_id>2026-03_rel</commit_id>
</register_page>