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Low level access to Cortex-A processors.
Currently Supported Execution States
- AArch64
- AArch32
Minimum Supported Rust Version
Requires a recent nightly of Rust.
Usage
Please note that for using this crate’s register definitions (as provided by
cortex_a::registers::*
), you need to also include
tock-registers
in your project. This is because the
interface
traits provided by tock-registers
are implemented by this crate. You should
include the same version of tock-registers
as is being used by this crate to ensure sane
interoperatbility.
For example, in the following snippet, X.Y.Z
should be the same version of tock-registers
that is mentioned in cortex-a
’s Cargo.toml
.
[package]
name = "Your embedded project"
[dependencies]
tock-registers = "X.Y.Z"
cortex-a = "A.B.C" # <-- Includes tock-registers itself.
Example
Check out
rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials
for usage examples. Listed below is a snippet of rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials
’s early boot
code.
use cortex_a::{asm, registers::*};
use tock_registers::interfaces::Writeable; // <-- Trait needed to use `write()` and `set()`.
// Some parts omitted for brevity.
unsafe fn prepare_el2_to_el1_transition(
virt_boot_core_stack_end_exclusive_addr: u64,
virt_kernel_init_addr: u64,
) {
// Enable timer counter registers for EL1.
CNTHCTL_EL2.write(CNTHCTL_EL2::EL1PCEN::SET + CNTHCTL_EL2::EL1PCTEN::SET);
// No offset for reading the counters.
CNTVOFF_EL2.set(0);
// Set EL1 execution state to AArch64.
HCR_EL2.write(HCR_EL2::RW::EL1IsAarch64);
// Set up a simulated exception return.
SPSR_EL2.write(
SPSR_EL2::D::Masked
+ SPSR_EL2::A::Masked
+ SPSR_EL2::I::Masked
+ SPSR_EL2::F::Masked
+ SPSR_EL2::M::EL1h,
);
}
Disclaimer
Descriptive comments in the source files are taken from the ARM Architecture Reference Manual ARMv8, for ARMv8-A architecture profile.