A4.7 Encoding for power modes
The following table shows the encodings for the supported modes for each core domain P-Channel.
Table A4-2 Core power modes COREPSTATE encoding
Power mode Short name PACTIVE bit
number
PSTATE value
a
Power mode description
Debug recovery DEBUG_RECOV -
0b001010
Logic is off (or in reset), RAM state is retained
and not invalidated when transitioning to On
mode.
On ON 8
0b001000
All powerup.
Core dynamic
retention
FULL_RET 5
0b000101
Logic and RAM state are inoperable but retained.
Off (emulated) OFF_EMU 1
0b000001
On with Warm reset asserted, debug state is
retained and accessible.
Off OFF 0 (implicit)
b
0b000000
All powerdown.
a
PSTATE[5:4] are don't care.
b
It is tied off to 0 and should be inferred when all other PACTIVE bits are LOW. For more information, see the AMBA
®
Low Power Interface Specification Arm
®
Q-
Channel and P-Channel Interfaces.
A4 Power management
A4.7 Encoding for power modes
100798_0300_00_en Copyright © 2016–2018 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.
A4-56
Non-Confidential