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ELR_hyp

ELR_hyp, Exception Link Register (Hyp mode)

The ELR_hyp characteristics are:

Purpose

When taking an exception to Hyp mode, holds the address to return to.

Configuration

AArch32 System register ELR_hyp bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register ELR_EL2[31:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_AA32 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to ELR_hyp are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

ELR_hyp is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
ADDR

ADDR, bits [31:0]

Return address.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Accessing ELR_hyp

ELR_hyp is accessible only at Hyp mode and Monitor mode.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:

MRS{<c>}{<q>} <Rd>, ELR_hyp

R	M	M1
0b0	0b1	0b1110

MSR{<c>}{<q>} ELR_hyp, <Rn>

R	M	M1
0b0	0b1	0b1110

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