time

Timer for RDTIME Instruction

This CSR does not exist, and access will cause an IllegalInstruction exception.

Shadow of the memory-mapped M-mode CSR mtime.

Privilege mode access is controlled with mcounteren.TM, scounteren.TM, and hcounteren.TM as follows:

mcounteren.TM

scounteren.TM

scounteren.TM

time behavior

S-mode

U-mode

VS-mode

VU-mode

0

-

-

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

1

0

0

read-only

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

1

1

0

read-only

read-only

Illegal Instruction

Illegal Instruction

1

0

1

read-only

Illegal Instruction

read-only

Illegal Instruction

1

1

1

read-only

read-only

read-only

read-only

Attributes

Defining Extension

  • Zicntr, version >= 0

CSR Address

0xc01

Length

64-bit

Privilege Mode

U

Format

time format
Figure 1. time format

Field Summary

Name Location Type Reset Value

COUNT

63:0

RO-H

UNDEFINED_LEGAL

Fields

COUNT

Location

63:0

Description

Reports the current wall-clock time from the timer device.

Alias of the mtime memory-mapped CSR.

Type

RO-H

Reset value

UNDEFINED_LEGAL

Software read

This CSR may return a value that is different from what is stored in hardware.

if (!TIME_CSR_IMPLEMENTED) {
  unimplemented_csr($encoding);
}
if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::S) {
  if (CSR[mcounteren].TM == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::U) {
  if (CSR[misa].S == 1'b1) {
    if ((CSR[mcounteren].TM & CSR[scounteren].TM) == 1'b0) {
      raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
    }
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].TM == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VS) {
  if (CSR[hcounteren].TM == 1'b0 && CSR[mcounteren] == 1'b1) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].TM == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VU) {
  if (CSR[hcounteren].TM & CSR[scounteren].TM) == 1'b0) && (CSR[mcounteren].IR == 1'b1 {
    raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].TM == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
}
return read_mtime();