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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Bryan D. Marietta, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gary L. Whisenhunt, Leander, TX (US);
Kumar K. Gala, Austin, TX (US);
David B. Kramer, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Bryan D. Marietta, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gary L. Whisenhunt, Leander, TX (US);
Kumar K. Gala, Austin, TX (US);
David B. Kramer, Cedar Park, TX (US);
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and circuit for a data processing system () provide a processor-based partitioned priority blocking mechanism by storing interrupt identifiers, partition identifiers, thread identifiers, and priority levels associated with accepted interrupt requests in special purpose registers (-) located at the processor core () to enable quick and efficient interrupt priority blocking on a partition basis.