Directly initiating by external adapters the setting of interruption initiatives
US7478185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The setting of interruption initiatives is directly initiated by external adapters. An adapter external to the processors at which the initiative is to be made pending sends a request directly to a system controller coupled to the adapter and the processors. The system controller then broadcasts a command to the processors instructing the processors to set the interruption initiative.
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