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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Ward Beale, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Derek William Paul, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for use in a multi-processor computer system having a multiplicity of peripherals coupled thereto. The disclosed method assigns interrupt vectors from the multiplicity of peripherals, and includes the steps of determining if an interrupt resource from a given peripheral has already been assigned, and if not; assigning an affinity and vector to this interrupt resource. Moreover, a determination is made if the affinity and vector assigned in the previous step are within the operational characteristics of the multi-processor computer system.