A2.4
About the Generic Timer
The Generic Timer can schedule events and trigger interrupts that are based on an incrementing counter
value. It generates timer events as active-LOW interrupt outputs and event streams.
The Cortex-A76 core provides a set of timer registers. The timers are:
• An EL1 Non-secure physical timer.
• An EL2 Hypervisor physical timer.
• An EL3 Secure physical timer.
• A virtual timer.
• A Hypervisor virtual timer.
The Cortex-A76 core does not include the system counter. This resides in the SoC. The system counter
value is distributed to the core with a 64-bit bus.
For more information on the Generic Timer, see the
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