ehpriv

Embedded Hypervisor Privilege

ehpriv OC

Enters embedded hypervisor privileged state.

Encoding

Binary Layout

31

0:5

0

6:10

0

11:15

OC

16:20

270

21:30

/

31

 

Format X-form

Opcode 0x7C00021E

Extension Embedded

Operands

• OC
  Opcode

Example

ehpriv 0

Related

More in Embedded

Reference

View in PowerISA v3.1C Specification ↗ OPF Power ISA v3.1C

Description

Enters embedded hypervisor privileged state, allowing execution of hypervisor-privileged instructions. This instruction is only available in embedded processor implementations and requires hypervisor privilege level. No condition registers or status fields are affected by this instruction.

Operation

if not in hypervisor mode then
  raise Hypervisor Privilege exception
else
  enter hypervisor privileged state based on OC field