Patent ID: 7434223
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system, operable with a multi-context processor, for allowing a current context to change an event sensitivity of a future context, comprising: a context control register, accessible to said current context, for receiving event mask data defining said event sensitivity of said future context, wherein said context control register further receives context select data defining said future context; and a context controller, associated with said context control register and invokable from within said current context, that causes said event mask data of said context control register to be employed in creating a content of an event mask register of said future context without necessitating a context switch, and wherein said context controller further causes said context select data to be employed in determining said future context wherein said context select data defines said future context or said current context, and wherein said multi-context processor is selected from the group consisting of: