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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1996
Seungyeon Peter Song, Los Altos, CA (US);
Moataz A Mohamed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Heon-Chul Park, Cupertino, CA (US);
Le Nguyen, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A multiprocessor architectural definition provides that a program executing on a first processor interrupts a second processor by executing a software interrupt instruction. The software interrupt instruction includes an argument field for passing information from a program requesting the software interrupt. The argument, along with the opcode, is saved in a register designated for holding the argument. The information communicated via the argument is used in one embodiment to indicate a cause of the interrupt. In an embodiment, the information communicated via the argument designates an interrupt service routine to be activated in the interrupted processor.
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