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SDER

SDER, Secure Debug Enable Register

The SDER characteristics are:

Purpose

Controls invasive and non-invasive debug in the Secure EL0 mode.

Configuration

AArch32 System register SDER bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register SDER32_EL2[31:0] when EL2 is implemented and FEAT_SEL2 is implemented.

AArch32 System register SDER bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register SDER32_EL3[31:0] when EL3 is implemented.

This register is present only when (EL3 is implemented and FEAT_AA32EL3 is implemented) or (FEAT_AA32EL1 is implemented, Secure EL1 is implemented, and FEAT_Secure is implemented). Otherwise, direct accesses to SDER are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

SDER is a 32-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0SUNIDENSUIDEN

Bits [31:2]

Reserved, RES0.

SUNIDEN, bit [1]

Secure User Non-Invasive Debug Enable.

SUNIDENMeaning
0b0

This bit has no effect on non-invasive debug.

0b1

Non-invasive debug is allowed in Secure EL0 using AArch32.

When EL3 or Secure EL1 is using AArch32, the forms of non-invasive debug affected by this control are:

When Secure EL1 is using AArch64, this bit has no effect.

The reset behavior of this field is:

SUIDEN, bit [0]
When EL3 is implemented:

Secure User Invasive Debug Enable.

SUIDENMeaning
0b0

This bit does not affect the generation of debug exceptions at Secure EL0.

0b1

If EL3 or EL1 is using AArch32, debug exceptions from Secure EL0 are enabled.

The reset behavior of this field is:


Otherwise:

Reserved, RES0.

Accessing SDER

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

MRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

coprocopc1CRnCRmopc2
0b11110b0000b00010b00010b001

if !((HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3)) || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) && HaveELUsingSecurityState(EL1, TRUE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_Secure))) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2().T1 == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR().T1 == '1' then AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif !IsCurrentSecurityState(SS_Secure) then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2().[TDE,TDA] != '00' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TDA == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else R(t) = SDER(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then R(t) = SDER(); end;

MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

coprocopc1CRnCRmopc2
0b11110b0000b00010b00010b001

if !((HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL3)) || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL1) && HaveELUsingSecurityState(EL1, TRUE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_Secure))) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2().T1 == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA32EL2) && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR().T1 == '1' then AArch32_TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif !IsCurrentSecurityState(SS_Secure) then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL2) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2().[TDE,TDA] != '00' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TDA == '1' then AArch64_AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else SDER() = R(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if CP15SDISABLE2 == HIGH then Undefined(); else SDER() = R(t); end; end;


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