• When are A32 state and A64 state determined?

    hi, expert

    i study ArmV8 architecture.

      On taking an exception to a higher Exception level, the Execution state either:

        • Remains unchanged.

        • Changes from AArch32 state to AArch64 state.

      i konw that…

  • In aarch32 state, what is the mechanism to switch to aarch64 in software?

    Dear sirs,

    I'm reading arm v8a specification. I found that when arm is in aarch32 state, only a few exceptions can switch to aarch64 depending on the configuration in the registers. the exceptions are as follows.

    abort, physical async abort, physical…

  • ARMv8 Secure EL1 problem

    Hi, arm experts,

    We want to use ARCH32 mode in secure EL1, I see some descriptions in ARMv8 Arch Reference Manual about Secure EL1 ARCH32 mode as follows:

    One is the VBAR(secure), it is mapped to  VBAR_EL3, the other is SCTLR (secure), it is mapped to …