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Virtualizing an interrupt controller

US7707341B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Alexander Klaiber · Mountain View, US
William A. Hughes · Burlingame, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2005
Grant date	Apr 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/45533
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is contemplated. An interrupt is received in a processor from an interrupt controller. Responsive to receiving the interrupt, the interrupt is masked in the interrupt controller to permit another interrupt to be transmitted by the interrupt controller to the processor. The other interrupt has a lower priority than the previously-received interrupt in the interrupt controller.

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