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<register_page>
  <registers>
  
    <register execution_state="AArch64" is_register="True" is_internal="True" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>POR_EL2</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Permission Overlay Register 2 (EL2)</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="UNDEFINED">when FEAT_S1POE is implemented and FEAT_AA64 is implemented</reg_condition>
      




          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        




      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Stage 1 Permission Overlay Register for privileged access of the EL2 or EL2&amp;0 translation regime.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
            <reg_group>Memory</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      <reg_configuration>
        
    
      <configuration_text>
        <para>If EL2 is not implemented, this register is <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word> from EL3.</para>
      </configuration_text>

      </reg_configuration>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>POR_EL2 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_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>Perm&lt;m&gt;</field_name>
    <field_msb>63</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>63:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Perm Represents stage 1 Overlay Permissions.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>If <xref linkend="#FEAT_D128">FEAT_D128</xref> is implemented and VMSAv9-128 is in use, then fields Perm[8] to Perm[15] are used for POIndex values 8 to 15.</para>
<para>Otherwise, the fields Perm[8] to Perm[15] are <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
<para>This field is not permitted to be cached in a TLB.</para>
<para>When the stage 1 Overlay mechanism is disabled, this field is IGNORED.</para></field_description>
    <field_array_indexes index_variable="m" element_size="4" range_specifier="4m+3:4m">
      <field_array_index>
        <field_array_start>15</field_array_start>
        <field_array_end>0</field_array_end>
      </field_array_index>
    </field_array_indexes>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0000</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>No access.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0001</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Read.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0010</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Execute.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0011</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Read, Execute.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0100</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Write.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0101</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Write, Read.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0110</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Write, Execute.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0111</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Read, Write, Execute.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1xxx</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Reserved - treated as No access</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_0" label="Perm15" msb="63" lsb="60"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm14" msb="59" lsb="56"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm13" msb="55" lsb="52"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm12" msb="51" lsb="48"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm11" msb="47" lsb="44"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm10" msb="43" lsb="40"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm9" msb="39" lsb="36"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm8" msb="35" lsb="32"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm7" msb="31" lsb="28"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm6" msb="27" lsb="24"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm5" msb="23" lsb="20"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm4" msb="19" lsb="16"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm3" msb="15" lsb="12"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm2" msb="11" lsb="8"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm1" msb="7" lsb="4"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_0" label="Perm0" msb="3" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>When the Effective value of <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-hcr_el2.xml">HCR_EL2</register_link>.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, accesses from EL2 using the accessor name <value>POR_EL2</value> or <value>POR_EL1</value> are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other accessor name.</para>
      </access_permission_text>





    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRS POR_EL2" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRS &lt;Xt&gt;, POR_EL2</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRS" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_S1POE) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    else
        Undefined();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    else
        X{64}(t) = POR_EL2();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    X{64}(t) = POR_EL2();
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRregister POR_EL2" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR POR_EL2, &lt;Xt&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MSRregister" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_S1POE) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    else
        Undefined();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    else
        POR_EL2() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    POR_EL2() = X{64}(t);
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRS POR_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRS &lt;Xt&gt;, POR_EL1</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRS" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_S1POE) &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; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TRVM == '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().nPOR_EL1 == '0' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'111'} then
        X{64}(t) = NVMem(0x2A8);
    else
        X{64}(t) = POR_EL1();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then
        X{64}(t) = POR_EL2();
    else
        X{64}(t) = POR_EL1();
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    X{64}(t) = POR_EL1();
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRregister POR_EL1" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR POR_EL1, &lt;Xt&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b1010"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MSRregister" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_S1POE) &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; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif EL2Enabled() &amp;&amp; HCR_EL2().TVM == '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().nPOR_EL1 == '0' then
        AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'111'} then
        NVMem(0x2A8) = X{64}(t);
    else
        POR_EL1() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; EL3SDDUndefPriority() &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        Undefined();
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) &amp;&amp; SCR_EL3().PIEn == '0' then
        if EL3SDDUndef() then
            Undefined();
        else
            AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
        end;
    elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then
        POR_EL2() = X{64}(t);
    else
        POR_EL1() = X{64}(t);
    end;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    POR_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>