Add support for the ARM Cortex-A78AE CPU.

Signed-off-by: Luc Michel <luc.michel@amd.com>
---
 target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c b/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
index b8b1981e702..81b95923b4b 100644
--- a/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
+++ b/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
@@ -404,10 +404,83 @@ static void aarch64_a76_initfn(Object *obj)
 
     /* From D5.1 AArch64 PMU register summary */
     cpu->isar.reset_pmcr_el0 = 0x410b3000;
 }
 
+static void aarch64_a78ae_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+    ARMISARegisters *isar = &cpu->isar;
+
+    cpu->dtb_compatible = "arm,cortex-a78ae";
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V8);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_NEON);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_GENERIC_TIMER);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_EL2);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_EL3);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_PMU);
+
+    /* Ordered by 3.2.4 AArch64 registers by functional group */
+    SET_IDREG(isar, CLIDR, 0x82000023);
+    cpu->ctr = 0x9444c004;
+    cpu->dcz_blocksize = 4;
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64DFR0, 0x0000000110305408ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64ISAR0, 0x0010100010211120ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64ISAR1, 0x0000000001200031ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64MMFR0, 0x0000000000101125ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64MMFR1, 0x0000000010212122ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64MMFR2, 0x0000000100001011ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64PFR0, 0x1100000010111112ull); /* GIC filled in later */
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AA64PFR1, 0x0000000000000010ull);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_AFR0, 0x00000000);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_DFR0, 0x04010088);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR0, 0x02101110);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR1, 0x13112111);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR2, 0x21232042);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR3, 0x01112131);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR4, 0x00010142);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR5, 0x01011121);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_ISAR6, 0x00000010);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_MMFR0, 0x10201105);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_MMFR1, 0x40000000);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_MMFR2, 0x01260000);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_MMFR3, 0x02122211);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_MMFR4, 0x00021110);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_PFR0, 0x10010131);
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_PFR1, 0x00010000); /* GIC filled in later */
+    SET_IDREG(isar, ID_PFR2, 0x00000011);
+    cpu->midr = 0x410fd423;          /* r0p3 */
+    cpu->revidr = 0;
+
+    /* From 3.2.33 CCSIDR_EL1 */
+    /* 64KB L1 dcache */
+    cpu->ccsidr[0] = make_ccsidr(CCSIDR_FORMAT_LEGACY, 4, 64, 64 * KiB, 7);
+    /* 64KB L1 icache */
+    cpu->ccsidr[1] = make_ccsidr(CCSIDR_FORMAT_LEGACY, 4, 64, 64 * KiB, 2);
+    /* 512KB L2 cache */
+    cpu->ccsidr[2] = make_ccsidr(CCSIDR_FORMAT_LEGACY, 8, 64, 512 * KiB, 7);
+
+    /* From 3.2.118 SCTLR_EL3 */
+    cpu->reset_sctlr = 0x30c50838;
+
+    /* From 3.4.23 ICH_VTR_EL2 */
+    cpu->gic_num_lrs = 4;
+    cpu->gic_vpribits = 5;
+    cpu->gic_vprebits = 5;
+    /* From 3.4.8 ICC_CTLR_EL3 */
+    cpu->gic_pribits = 5;
+
+    /* From 3.5.1 AdvSIMD AArch64 register summary */
+    cpu->isar.mvfr0 = 0x10110222;
+    cpu->isar.mvfr1 = 0x13211111;
+    cpu->isar.mvfr2 = 0x00000043;
+
+    /* From 5.5.1 AArch64 PMU register summary */
+    cpu->isar.reset_pmcr_el0 = 0x41223000;
+}
+
 static void aarch64_a64fx_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
     ARMISARegisters *isar = &cpu->isar;
 
@@ -1318,10 +1391,15 @@ void aarch64_max_tcg_initfn(Object *obj)
 static const ARMCPUInfo aarch64_cpus[] = {
     { .name = "cortex-a35",         .initfn = aarch64_a35_initfn },
     { .name = "cortex-a55",         .initfn = aarch64_a55_initfn },
     { .name = "cortex-a72",         .initfn = aarch64_a72_initfn },
     { .name = "cortex-a76",         .initfn = aarch64_a76_initfn },
+    /*
+     * The Cortex-A78AE differs slightly from the plain Cortex-A78. We don't
+     * currently model the latter.
+     */
+    { .name = "cortex-a78ae",       .initfn = aarch64_a78ae_initfn },
     { .name = "cortex-a710",        .initfn = aarch64_a710_initfn },
     { .name = "a64fx",              .initfn = aarch64_a64fx_initfn },
     { .name = "neoverse-n1",        .initfn = aarch64_neoverse_n1_initfn },
     { .name = "neoverse-v1",        .initfn = aarch64_neoverse_v1_initfn },
     { .name = "neoverse-n2",        .initfn = aarch64_neoverse_n2_initfn },
-- 
2.50.1

On Fri, 12 Sept 2025 at 11:03, Luc Michel <luc.michel@amd.com> wrote:
>
> Add support for the ARM Cortex-A78AE CPU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luc Michel <luc.michel@amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
-- PMM