How do I tell whether I am on a Morello machine?ΒΆ

Every Arm processor has a main id register MDIR_EL1 which contains a unique CPUID identity number for the system. The full 32-bit CPUID value for Morello is 0x3F0F4120, as specified in the Morello Technical Reference Manual.

You can query the main id register using the C code below, with the inline assembler to fetch the MDIR_EL1 value.

#include <stdio.h>

/* see Arm Morello System Development Platform
 * Technical Reference Manual
 * Document ID: 102278_0001_04_en Issue: 04 Rainier clusters
 * Appendix B2 Main ID Register, MIDR_EL1
 */
#define MORELLO 0x3f0f4120

int main() {
  long arm_cpuid;
  __asm__("mrs %0, MIDR_EL1" : "=r"(arm_cpuid));
  printf("CPU ID %lx\n", arm_cpuid);
  if (arm_cpuid == MORELLO)
    printf("This is a Morello prototype system\n");
  return 0;
}