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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Steven Goss, Antibes, FR;
Gregory R. Conti, Saint Paul, FR;
Steven Goss, Antibes, FR;
Gregory R. Conti, Saint Paul, FR;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An electronic configuration circuit includes a processing circuit () operable for executing instructions and responsive to interrupt requests and operable in a plurality of execution environments (EE) selectively wherein a said execution environment (EE) is activated or suspended, a first configuration register (SCR) coupled to the processing circuit () for identifying the interrupt request as an ordinary interrupt request IRQ when the execution environment (EE) is activated (EE_Active); and a second configuration register (SSM_FIQ_EE_y) for associating an identification of that execution environment (EE) with the same interrupt request, the processing circuit () coupled () to the second configuration register (SSM_FIQ_EE_y) to respond to the same interrupt request as a more urgent type of interrupt request when that execution environment (EE) is suspended ().