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  <registers>
  
    <register execution_state="AArch64" is_register="True" is_internal="True" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>CSSELR_EL1</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Cache Size Selection Register</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="UNDEFINED">when FEAT_AA64 is implemented</reg_condition>
      




          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        



    
      
      <reg_mapping>
        
  

    

  

    <mapped_name filename="AArch32-csselr.xml">CSSELR</mapped_name>
  <mapped_type>Architectural</mapped_type>
      <mapped_execution_state>AArch32</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 Cache Size ID Register, <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-ccsidr_el1.xml">CCSIDR_EL1</register_link>, by specifying the required cache level and the cache type (either instruction or data cache).</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
          <reg_group>Identification Registers</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>CSSELR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.</para>
      </attributes_text>

      </reg_attributes>
      <reg_fieldsets>
        






<fields id="fieldset_0" length="64">
  <text_before_fields/>
  <field id="fieldset_0-63_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>63</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>5</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>63:5</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_4-1" 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" reserved_type="RES0">
    <field_name>TnD</field_name>
    <field_msb>4</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>4</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Allocation Tag not Data bit.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>When CSSELR_EL1.InD == 1, this bit is <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>If CSSELR_EL1.{TnD, Level, InD} is programmed to a cache level that is not implemented, then the value for this field on a read of CSSELR_EL1 is <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Data, Instruction or Unified cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Separate Allocation Tag cache.</para>
        </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>
    <fields_condition>When FEAT_MTE2 is implemented</fields_condition>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-4_4-2" 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>4</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>4</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>4</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"/>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Reserved, <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
    </field_description>
    <fields_condition>Otherwise</fields_condition>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-3_1" 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>Level</field_name>
    <field_msb>3</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>1</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>3:1</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Cache level of required cache.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>All other values are reserved.</para>
<para>If CSSELR_EL1.{TnD, Level, InD} is programmed to a cache level that is not implemented, then the value for this field on a read of CSSELR_EL1 is <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b000</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 1 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b001</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 2 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b010</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 3 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b011</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 4 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b100</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 5 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b101</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 6 cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b110</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Level 7 cache.</para>
        </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>
  <field id="fieldset_0-0_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>InD</field_name>
    <field_msb>0</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Instruction not Data bit.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after">
      <para>If CSSELR_EL1.{TnD, Level, InD} is programmed to a cache level that is not implemented, then a read of CSSELR_EL1 is <arm-defined-word>CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word>, and returns <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word> values for CSSELR_EL1.{Level, InD}.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Data or unified cache.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Instruction cache.</para>
        </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="64">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_5" msb="63" lsb="5"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-4_4-1" msb="4" lsb="4"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-3_1" msb="3" lsb="1"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-0_0" msb="0" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          






    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRS CSSELR_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRS &lt;Xt&gt;, CSSELR_EL1</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b0000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0000"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b000"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRS" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TID2 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_EVT) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TID4 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) &amp;&amp; (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3().FGTEn == '1') &amp;&amp; HFGRTR_EL2().CSSELR_EL1 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    else
        X{64}(t) = CSSELR_EL1();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    X{64}(t) = CSSELR_EL1();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    X{64}(t) = CSSELR_EL1();
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRregister CSSELR_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR CSSELR_EL1, &lt;Xt&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b0000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0000"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b000"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MSRregister" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TID2 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_EVT) &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TID4 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) &amp;&amp; (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3().FGTEn == '1') &amp;&amp; HFGWTR_EL2().CSSELR_EL1 == '1' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    else
        CSSELR_EL1() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    CSSELR_EL1() = X{64}(t);
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    CSSELR_EL1() = X{64}(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>