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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicants:
David I. Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
David I. Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
Leslie E. Cline, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of a system for avoiding race conditions when using edge-triggered interrupts includes a processor that asserts an interrupt pending signal in response to the receipt of an edge-triggered interrupt. A power management device receives the interrupt pending signal. If the processor is in a low power state when it asserts the interrupt pending signal, then the power management device causes the processor to enter a high power state to allow the processor to service the pending interrupt.