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  <registers>
  
    <register is_register="True" is_internal="False" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>GICC_DIR</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>CPU Interface Deactivate Interrupt Register</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="RES0">when FEAT_GICv3_LEGACY is implemented</reg_condition>
      

    
  <reg_address
      external_access="False"
    mem_map_access="True"
      power_domain="None"
  >
    <reg_component>GIC CPU interface</reg_component>
    <reg_offset><hexnumber>0x1000</hexnumber></reg_offset>
    <reg_instance>GICC_DIR</reg_instance>
    <reg_access>
      
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When GICD_CTLR.DS == '0'</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>WO</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When an access is Secure</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>WO</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When an access is Non-secure</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>WO</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>When interrupt priority drop is separated from interrupt deactivation, a write to this register deactivates the specified interrupt.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
            <reg_group>GICC</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>GICC_DIR 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_24" 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>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>24</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:24</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_0-23_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>INTID</field_name>
    <field_msb>23</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>23:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"><para>The INTID of the signaled interrupt.</para>
<note><para>INTIDs 1020-1023 are reserved and convey additional information such as spurious interrupts.</para></note><para>When affinity routing is not enabled:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>Bits [23:13] are <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>For SGIs, bits [12:10] identify the CPU interface corresponding to the source PE. For all other interrupts these bits are <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</content>
</listitem></list></field_description>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="32">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-31_24" msb="31" lsb="24"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-23_0" msb="23" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>This register is used only when System register access is not enabled. When System register access is enabled:</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>For AArch32 implementations, <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-icc_dir.xml">ICC_DIR</register_link> provides equivalent functionality.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>For AArch64 implementations, <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_dir_el1.xml">ICC_DIR_EL1</register_link> provides equivalent functionality.</content>
</listitem></list>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>Writes to this register have an effect only in the following cases:</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>When <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicd_ctlr.xml">GICD_CTLR</register_link>.DS == 1, if <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link>.EOImode == 1.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>In GIC implementations that support two Security states:<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>If the access is Secure and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link>.EOImodeS == 1.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>If the access is Non-secure and <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link>.EOImodeNS == 1.</content>
</listitem></list>
</content>
</listitem></list>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>The following writes must be ignored:</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>Writes to this register when the corresponding EOImode field in <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link> == 0. In systems that support system error generation, an implementation might generate a system error.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>Writes to this register when the corresponding EOImode field in <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link> == 0 and the corresponding interrupt is not active. In systems that support system error generation, an implementation might generate a system error. In implementations using the GIC Stream Protocol Interface, these writes correspond to a Deactivate packet for an interrupt that is not active. For more information, see <xref filename="AS_gic_stream_protocol_interface.fm" linkend="BABDEBFA">'Deactivate (ICC)' in ARM&#174; Generic Interrupt Controller Architecture Specification, GIC architecture version 3.0 and version 4.0 (ARM IHI 0069)</xref>.</content>
</listitem></list>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>If the corresponding EOImode field in <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_ctlr.xml">GICC_CTLR</register_link> is 1 and this register is written to without a corresponding write to <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_eoir.xml">GICC_EOIR</register_link> or <register_link state="ext" id="ext-gicc_aeoir.xml">GICC_AEOIR</register_link>, the interrupt is deactivated but the bit corresponding to it in the active priorities registers remains set.</para>

      </access_permission_text>
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>When affinity routing is enabled for a Security state, it is a programming error to use memory-mapped registers to access the GIC.</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>