Patent ID: 7325084
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An interrupt processing system, comprising: (A) a plurality of interrupt holding registers, each one of such registers storing interrupts corresponding to a different one of a plurality of classes of interrupts, each one of such interrupts having a plurality of bits, each one of the bits corresponding to one of a plurality of interrupt sources; (B) a plurality of OR logics, each one being coupled to the bits of a corresponding one of the plurality of interrupt holding registers; (C) an interrupt vector register, such interrupt vector register storing data having a plurality of bit positions, each one of the bit positions corresponding to a different one of the plurality of classes of interrupts, each one of the bit positions being fed by an output of a corresponding one of the plurality of OR logics, outputs from each one of the bit positions being fed as an input to the corresponding one of the plurality of OR logics.