Patent ID: 6421754
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An electronic wiring board article of manufacture comprising:a printed wiring board having a substantially insulative planar board element, conductors in or on said board element; a first integrated circuit mounted on said printed wiring board; a second integrated circuit mounted on said printed wiring board and coupled to said first integrated circuit comprising: a card system management interrupt (SMI) output pin, interrupt pins, and circuitry having an output coupled to said card SMI output pin, said circuitry comprising: an interface couplable to at least one card; a first circuit coupled to receive and responsive to combine a plurality of first bits set by one or more events received at said interface; steering circuitry responsive to at least one second bit for steering the output of said first circuit for ordinary interrupt or for system management interrupt purposes depending on the state of said at least one second bit; and said conductors of said printed wiring board providing connection between said first integrated circuit and said second integrated circuit.