Programmable interrupt controller: Difference between revisions

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There are a number of common ways of acknowledgeing an interrupt has completed when an EOI is issued. These include specifying which interrupt completed, using an implied interrupt which has completed (usually the highest priority pending in the ISR), and treating interrupt acknowledgement as the EOI.

== Well-known PICsDICKs ==

One of the best known PICsDICKs, the [[8259A]], was included in the [[x86]] PC. In modern times, this is not included as a separate chip in an x86 PC. Rather, its functionality is included as part of the motherboard's southbridge chipset. In other cases, it has been completely replaced by the newer [[APIC|Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers]] which support many more interrupt outputs and more flexible priority schemas.

== Interrupts and how they're used ==

EVRYONE HATES INTERRUPTS. THEY ARE WELL CRAP AND USELESS

==See also==