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  <registers>
  
    <register is_register="True" is_internal="False" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>CNTFID&lt;n&gt;</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Counter Frequency IDs, n > 0</reg_long_name>

        <power_domain_text>It is <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> whether CNTFID&lt;n&gt; is implemented in the Core power domain or in the Debug power domain</power_domain_text>


      
          <reg_array>
              <reg_array_start>1</reg_array_start>
              <reg_array_end>1003</reg_array_end>
         </reg_array>
      

    
  <reg_address
      external_access="False"
    mem_map_access="True"
      power_domain="None"
  >
    <reg_component>Timer</reg_component>
    <reg_frame>CNTControlBase</reg_frame>
    <reg_offset><hexnumber>0x020</hexnumber> + (4 * n)</reg_offset>
    <reg_instance>CNTFID&lt;n&gt;</reg_instance>
    <reg_access>
      
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_type>RO or RW</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
    </reg_access>
</reg_address>



          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        




      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Indicates alternative system counter frequencies.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
          <reg_group>Timer</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      <reg_configuration>
        
    
      <configuration_text>
        <para>For more information, see <xref linkend="#CEGHAIAF">'Power and reset domains for the system level implementation of the Generic Timer'</xref>.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>The possible frequencies for the system counter are stored in the Frequency modes table as 32-bit words starting with the base frequency, <register_link state="ext" id="ext-cntfid0.xml">CNTFID0</register_link>, see <xref linkend="#BABCDIBI">'The Frequency modes table'</xref>.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>The number of CNTFID&lt;n&gt; registers is <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word>, and the only required CNTFID&lt;n&gt; register is <register_link state="ext" id="ext-cntfid0.xml">CNTFID0</register_link>.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>The final entry in the Frequency modes table must be followed by a 32-bit word of zero value, to mark the end of the table.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>The architecture can support up to 1004 entries in the Frequency modes table, including the zero-word end marker, and the number of entries is <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> up to this limit. For an implementation that includes registers in the <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> register space <hexnumber>0x0C0</hexnumber>-<hexnumber>0x0FC</hexnumber>, the maximum number of entries in the Frequency modes table is 40, including the zero-word end marker.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>Typically, the Frequency modes table will be in read-only memory. However, a system implementation might use read/write memory for the table, and initialize the table entries as part of its start-up sequence.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <para>If the Frequency modes table is in read/write memory, Arm strongly recommends that the table is not updated once the system is running.</para>
      </configuration_text>

      </reg_configuration>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>CNTFID&lt;n&gt; 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_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>Frequency</field_name>
    <field_msb>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"><para>A system counter frequency, in Hz. Must be an exact divisor of the base frequency. Arm strongly recommends that all frequency values in the Frequency modes table are integer power-of-two divisors of the base frequency.</para>
<para>When the system timer is operating at a lower frequency than the base frequency, the increment applied at each counter update is increased by the ratio of the base frequency and the selected frequency.</para></field_description>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Timer">
        <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_0" msb="31" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>
        <reg_variables>
              <reg_variable variable="n" min="1" max="1003"/>
        </reg_variables>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>It is <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> whether this register is RO or RW</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>In a system that supports the Realm Management Extension, the CNTControlBase frame, which includes these registers, is implemented only in the Root physical address space.</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>In a system that supports Secure and Non-secure physical address spaces, the CNTControlBase frame, which includes these registers, is implemented only in the Secure physical address space.</para>
      </access_permission_text>





    

      </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>