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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
May. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Benson, Acton, MA (US);
Paul W Ciarfella, Arlington, MA (US);
Peter C Hayden, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
David S Sawyer, Merrimac, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395733 ; 395734 ; 395736 ; 395742 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adaptive interrupt servicing is disclosed. The number of interrupts occurring within a predetermined time period is counted and stored as a value in an interrupt counter. At the end of each interrupt service, the interrupt counter value is compared to a predefined threshold value. If the value in the interrupt counter equals or exceeds the threshold value, further interrupt servicing is disabled.