B2.83
MDCR_EL3, Monitor Debug Configuration Register, EL3
The MDCR_EL3 provides configuration options for Security to self-hosted debug.
Bit field descriptions
MDCR_EL3 is a 32-bit register, and is part of:
• The Debug registers functional group.
• The Security registers functional group.
31
0
TPM
20 19
21
22
16 15
17
18
14 13
11 10 9
6
7
8
5
TDA
TDOSA
SPD32
SDD
SPME
EDAD
EPMAD
RES
0
Figure B2-67 MDCR_EL3 bit assignments
EPMAD, [21]
External debugger access to Performance Monitors registers disabled. This disables access to
these registers by an external debugger. The possible values are:
0
Access to Performance Monitors registers from external debugger is permitted.
1
Access to Performance Monitors registers from external debugger is disabled, unless
overridden by authentication interface.
EDAD, [20]
External debugger access to breakpoint and watchpoint registers disabled. This disables access
to these registers by an external debugger. The possible values are:
0
Access to breakpoint and watchpoint registers from external debugger is permitted.
1
Access to breakpoint and watchpoint registers from external debugger is disabled,
unless overridden by authentication interface.
SPME, [17]
Secure performance monitors enable. This enables event counting exceptions from Secure state.
The possible values are:
0
Event counting prohibited in Secure state.
1
Event counting allowed in Secure state.
SPD32, [15:14]
RES0
Reserved.
TDOSA, [10]
Trap accesses to the OS debug system registers, OSLAR_EL1, OSLSR_EL1, OSDLR_EL1, and
DBGPRCR_EL1 OS.
0
Accesses are not trapped.
1
Accesses to the OS debug system registers are trapped to EL3.
The reset value is
UNKNOWN
.
B2 AArch64 system registers
B2.83 MDCR_EL3, Monitor Debug Configuration Register, EL3
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