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  <registers>
  
    <register is_register="True" is_internal="False" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>CNTSCR</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Counter Scale Register</reg_long_name>

        <power_domain_text>It is <arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> whether CNTSCR is implemented in the Core power domain or in the Debug power domain</power_domain_text>


      
            <reg_condition otherwise="RES0">when FEAT_CNTSC is implemented</reg_condition>
      

    
  <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>0x10</hexnumber></reg_offset>
    <reg_instance>CNTSCR</reg_instance>
    <reg_access>
      
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_type>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>Enables the counter, controls the counter <xref linkend="#effective_frequency">effective frequency</xref> setting, and controls counter behavior during debug.</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>

      </reg_configuration>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>CNTSCR 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>ScaleVal</field_name>
    <field_msb>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Scale Value</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>When counter scaling is enabled, ScaleVal is the average amount added to the counter value for one period of the frequency of the Generic counter as described in the <register_link state="ext" id="ext-cntfrq.xml">CNTFRQ</register_link> register.</para>
<para>The actual rate of update of the counter value is determined by the <xref linkend="#counter_resolution">counter resolution</xref>.</para>
<para>ScaleVal is expressed as an unsigned fixed point number with an 8-bit integer value and a 24-bit fractional value.</para>
<para>CNTSCR.ScaleVal can only be changed when <register_link state="ext" id="ext-cntcr.xml">CNTCR</register_link>.EN == 0. If the value of this field is changed when <register_link state="ext" id="ext-cntcr.xml">CNTCR</register_link>.EN == 1:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>The counter value becomes <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>The counter value remains <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word> on future ticks of the clock.</content>
</listitem></list></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>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>In a system that supports the Realm Management Extension, the CNTControlBase frame, which includes this register, 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 this register, 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>