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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Per Hammarlund, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
Anil Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);
Per Hammarlund, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
Anil Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for inter-processor interrupts in a multi-processor system are described. An embodiment comprises writing an inter-processor interrupt request to a first memory location; monitoring the first memory location; detecting the inter-processor interrupt request in the first memory location; calling a function for the inter-processor interrupt request; and performing the function for the inter-processor interrupt request.