Patent ID: 7058790
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An eventpoint chaining apparatus for generalized event detection and action specification in a processing environment comprising: a first processing element having a programmable eventpoint module with an input trigger (InTrig) input, the first processing element detecting an occurrence of a first processor event (p-event) and producing an OutTrigger (OT) signal; a second processing element having a programmable eventpoint module with an input trigger (InTrig) input which receives the OT signal from the first processing element, the second processing element detecting an occurrence of a second p-event and producing, in response to the OT signal received from the first processing element and the detected second p-event, an eventpoint (EP) interrupt signal; and a sequence processor interrupt control unit for receiving the EP interrupt signals indicating the occurrence of both the first and second p-events and causing a processor action (p-action) in response to the occurrence of both the first and second p-events.