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System and method to dynamically order system management interrupt handler dispatches

US7689750B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

John J. Hawk · Austin, US
Alok Pant · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2008
Grant date	Mar 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4812
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Handling interrupts within an information handling system including entering into an interrupt management mode in response to receiving an interrupt, identifying at least one source of the received interrupt in accordance with an ordered list of a plurality of possible interrupt sources, dispatching an appropriate interrupt handler to resolve the identified at least one source of the received interrupt, noting a frequency of occurrence of each indentified at least one source generating a received interrupt over time, and recording the ordered list of possible interrupt sources in response to the noted frequency, wherein the possible interrupt sources with higher frequencies are placed in the beginning of the ordered list.

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