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  <registers>
  
    <register execution_state="AArch64" is_register="True" is_internal="True" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>ICC_SRE_EL1</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Interrupt Controller System Register Enable Register (EL1)</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="UNDEFINED">when GICv3 is implemented and FEAT_AA64 is implemented</reg_condition>
      




          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        



    
      
      <reg_mapping>
        
  

    

  

    <mapped_name filename="AArch32-icc_sre.xml">ICC_SRE</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_from_sec_state>ICC_SRE_EL1_S</mapped_from_sec_state>
    <mapped_to_startbit>31</mapped_to_startbit>
    <mapped_to_endbit>0</mapped_to_endbit>
        <mapped_to_sec_state>ICC_SRE_S</mapped_to_sec_state>
    <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_mapping>
        
  

    

  

    <mapped_name filename="AArch32-icc_sre.xml">ICC_SRE</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_from_sec_state>ICC_SRE_EL1_NS</mapped_from_sec_state>
    <mapped_to_startbit>31</mapped_to_startbit>
    <mapped_to_endbit>0</mapped_to_endbit>
        <mapped_to_sec_state>ICC_SRE_NS</mapped_to_sec_state>
    <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_mapping>
        
  

    

  

    <mapped_name filename="AArch32-icc_sre.xml">ICC_SRE</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_from_rangeset output="31:0">
      <range>
        <msb>31</msb>
        <lsb>0</lsb>
      </range>
    </mapped_from_rangeset>

      </reg_mapping>

      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Controls whether the System register interface or the memory-mapped interface to the GIC CPU interface is used for EL1.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
            <reg_group>GIC control registers</reg_group>
            <reg_group>GIC</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      
      
        
        <reg_banking>
            <reg_bank>
                <bank_text>This register is banked between ICC_SRE_EL1 and ICC_SRE_EL1_S and ICC_SRE_EL1_NS.</bank_text>
            </reg_bank>
        </reg_banking>
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>ICC_SRE_EL1 is a 64-bit register.</para>

      </attributes_text>
      <attributes_text>
        <para>This register has the following instances:</para>

      </attributes_text>
      <attributes_text>
        <list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>ICC_SRE_EL1, when EL3 is not implemented.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>ICC_SRE_EL1_S, when EL3 is implemented.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>ICC_SRE_EL1_NS, when EL3 is implemented.</content>
</listitem></list>
      </attributes_text>

      </reg_attributes>
      <reg_fieldsets>
        






<fields id="fieldset_0" length="64">
  <text_before_fields/>
  <field id="fieldset_0-63_3" 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>3</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>63:3</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_0-2_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">
    <field_name>DIB</field_name>
    <field_msb>2</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>2</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>2</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Disable IRQ bypass.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 0, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.DIB.</para>
<para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 1, and EL2 is not implemented, this field is a read/write alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.DIB.</para>
<para>If EL3 is not implemented and EL2 is implemented, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.DIB.</para>
<para>If <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 1 and EL2 is implemented, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.DIB.</para>
<para>In systems that do not support IRQ bypass, this field is RAO/WI.</para></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>IRQ bypass enabled.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>IRQ bypass disabled.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Warm">
        <field_reset_number>'0'</field_reset_number>
      </field_reset>
    </field_resets>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-1_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>DFB</field_name>
    <field_msb>1</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>1</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>1</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Disable FIQ bypass.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 0, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.DFB.</para>
<para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 1, and EL2 is not implemented, this field is a read/write alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.DFB.</para>
<para>If EL3 is not implemented and EL2 is implemented, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.DFB.</para>
<para>If <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 1 and EL2 is implemented, this field is a read-only alias of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.DFB.</para>
<para>In systems that do not support FIQ bypass, this field is RAO/WI.</para></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>FIQ bypass enabled.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>FIQ bypass disabled.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Warm">
        <field_reset_number>'0'</field_reset_number>
      </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>SRE</field_name>
    <field_msb>0</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>System Register Enable.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>If software changes this bit from 1 to 0 in the Secure instance of this register, the results are <arm-defined-word>UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>If an implementation supports only a System register interface to the GIC CPU interface, this bit is RAO/WI.</para>
<para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.SRE==0 the Secure copy of this bit is RAZ/WI. If <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.SRE is changed from zero to one, the Secure copy of this bit becomes <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>If EL2 is implemented and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.SRE==0 the Non-secure copy of this bit is RAZ/WI. If <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.SRE is changed from zero to one, the Non-secure copy of this bit becomes <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>If EL3 is implemented and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.SRE==0 the Non-secure copy of this bit is RAZ/WI. If <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.SRE is changed from zero to one, the Non-secure copy of this bit becomes <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>If Realm Management Extension is implemented, this field is RAO/WI.</para>
<para>GICv3 implementations that do not require GICv2 compatibility might choose to make this bit RAO/WI. The following options are supported:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>The Non-secure copy of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el1.xml">ICC_SRE_EL1</register_link>.SRE can be RAO/WI if <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.SRE is also RAO/WI. This means all Non-secure software, including VMs using only virtual interrupts, must access the GIC using System registers.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>The Secure copy of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el1.xml">ICC_SRE_EL1</register_link>.SRE can be RAO/WI if <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el3.xml">ICC_SRE_EL3</register_link>.SRE and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el2.xml">ICC_SRE_EL2</register_link>.SRE are also RAO/WI. This means that all Secure software must access the GIC using System registers and all Non-secure accesses to registers for physical interrupts must use System registers.</content>
</listitem></list>
<note><para>A VM using only virtual interrupts might still use memory-mapped access if the Non-secure copy of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el1.xml">ICC_SRE_EL1</register_link>.SRE is not RAO/WI.</para></note></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The memory-mapped interface must be used. Access at EL1 to any ICC_* System register other than ICC_SRE_EL1 is trapped to EL1.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The System register interface for the current Security state is enabled.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Warm">
        <field_reset_number>'0'</field_reset_number>
      </field_reset>
    </field_resets>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="64">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_3" msb="63" lsb="3"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-2_2" msb="2" lsb="2"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-1_1" msb="1" lsb="1"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-0_0" msb="0" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>Execution with <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sre_el1.xml">ICC_SRE_EL1</register_link>.SRE set to 0 might make some System registers <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</para>
      </access_permission_text>





    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRS ICC_SRE_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRS &lt;Xt&gt;, ICC_SRE_EL1</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b101"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRS" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_GICv3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL2_Enable() == '0' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) then
        if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
            X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_S();
        else
            X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_NS();
        end;
    else
        X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) then
        if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
            X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_S();
        else
            X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_NS();
        end;
    else
        X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
        X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_S();
    else
        X{64}(t) = ICC_SRE_EL1_NS();
    end;
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRregister ICC_SRE_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR ICC_SRE_EL1, &lt;Xt&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b1100"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b101"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MSRregister" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_GICv3) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL2_Enable() == '0' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) then
        if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
            ICC_SRE_EL1_S() = X{64}(t);
        else
            ICC_SRE_EL1_NS() = X{64}(t);
        end;
    else
        ICC_SRE_EL1() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EffectiveICC_SRE_EL3_Enable() == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) then
        if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
            ICC_SRE_EL1_S() = X{64}(t);
        else
            ICC_SRE_EL1_NS() = X{64}(t);
        end;
    else
        ICC_SRE_EL1() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    if EffectiveSCR_EL3_NS() == '0' then
        ICC_SRE_EL1_S() = X{64}(t);
    else
        ICC_SRE_EL1_NS() = X{64}(t);
    end;
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>