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  <registers>
  
    <register is_register="True" is_internal="False" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>GICH_VTR</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>Virtual Type Register</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="RES0">when FEAT_GICv3_LEGACY is implemented and EL2 is implemented</reg_condition>
      

    
  <reg_address
      external_access="False"
    mem_map_access="True"
      power_domain="None"
  >
    <reg_component>GIC Virtual interface control</reg_component>
    <reg_offset><hexnumber>0x0004</hexnumber></reg_offset>
    <reg_instance>GICH_VTR</reg_instance>
    <reg_access>
      
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When GICD_CTLR.DS == '0'</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>RO</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When an access is Secure</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>RO</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When an access is Non-secure</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>RO</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 the number of implemented virtual priority bits and List registers.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
            <reg_group>GICH</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      <reg_configuration>
        
    
      <configuration_text>
        <para>This register is available when the GIC implementation supports interrupt virtualization.</para>
      </configuration_text>

      </reg_configuration>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>GICH_VTR 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_29" 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>PRIbits</field_name>
    <field_msb>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>29</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:29</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"><para>The number of virtual priority bits implemented, minus one.</para>
<para>An implementation must implement at least 32 levels of virtual priority (5 priority bits).</para></field_description>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-28_26" 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>PREbits</field_name>
    <field_msb>28</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>26</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>28:26</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"><para>The number of virtual preemption bits implemented, minus one.</para>
<para>An implementation must implement at least 32 levels of virtual preemption priority (5 preemption bits).</para>
<para>The value of this field must be less than or equal to the value of GICH_VTR.PRIbits.</para></field_description>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-25_23" 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>IDbits</field_name>
    <field_msb>25</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>23</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>25:23</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>The number of virtual interrupt identifier bits supported:</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after">
      <para>All other values are reserved.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b000</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>16 bits.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b001</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>24 bits.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-22_22" 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>SEIS</field_name>
    <field_msb>22</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>22</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>22</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>SEI support. Indicates whether the virtual CPU interface supports generation of SEIs:</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The virtual CPU interface logic does not support generation of SEIs.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The virtual CPU interface logic supports generation of SEIs.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-21_21" 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>A3V</field_name>
    <field_msb>21</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>21</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>21</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Affinity 3 valid. Possible values are:</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The virtual CPU interface logic only supports zero values of the Aff3 field in <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sgi0r_el1.xml">ICC_SGI0R_EL1</register_link>, <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sgi1r_el1.xml">ICC_SGI1R_EL1</register_link>, and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_asgi1r_el1.xml">ICC_ASGI1R_EL1</register_link>.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>The virtual CPU interface logic supports nonzero values of the Aff3 field in <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sgi0r_el1.xml">ICC_SGI0R_EL1</register_link>, <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_sgi1r_el1.xml">ICC_SGI1R_EL1</register_link>, and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-icc_asgi1r_el1.xml">ICC_ASGI1R_EL1</register_link>.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-20_5" 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>20</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>5</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>20:5</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_0-4_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>ListRegs</field_name>
    <field_msb>4</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>4:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>The number of implemented List registers, minus one.</para>
    </field_description>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="32">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-31_29" msb="31" lsb="29"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-28_26" msb="28" lsb="26"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-25_23" msb="25" lsb="23"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-22_22" msb="22" lsb="22"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-21_21" msb="21" lsb="21"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-20_5" msb="20" lsb="5"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-4_0" msb="4" 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-ich_vtr.xml">ICH_VTR</register_link> provides equivalent functionality.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>For AArch64 implementations, <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-ich_vtr_el2.xml">ICH_VTR_EL2</register_link> provides equivalent functionality.</content>
</listitem></list>
      </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>