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Note
All hardware ID information is privileged access only:
FPSID is privileged access only
This is a change in VFPv3 compared to VFPv2.
MVFR registers are privileged access only
User code must issue a system call to determine the features that are supported.
The following sections describe the VFP system registers:
• Floating-Point System ID Register, FPSID
• Floating-Point Status and Control Register, FPSCR on page 12-6
• Floating-Point Exception Register, FPEXC on page 12-7
• Media and VFP Feature Registers, MVFR0 and MVFR1 on page 12-8.
12.3.1 Floating-Point System ID Register, FPSID
The FPSID Register is a read-only register that must be accessed in Privileged mode only. It
indicates which VFP implementation is being used.
Figure 12-2 shows the bit arrangement of the FPSID Register.
Figure 12-2 Floating-Point System ID Register format
Table 12-3 shows how the bit values correspond with the FPSID Register functions.
HW
Sub architecture Variant Revision
4
Implementer Part number
31 24 23 22 16 15 8 7 4 3 0
Table 12-3 FPSID Register bit functions
Bits Field Function
[31:24] Implementer ARM Limited:
0x41
= A
[23] Hardware or software 0 = hardware implementation
[22:16] Subarchitecture version
VFP architecture v3 or later with Common VFP subarchitecture v2
a
:
0x02
[15:8] Part number
0x31
= Cortex-R4F
[7:4] Variant
0x4
= Cortex-R4F
[3:0] Revision See Product revision information on page 1-24 for details of the value of this field.
a. For details of the Common VFP subarchitecture see the ARM Architecture Reference Manual.