Inter-processor interrupt: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:14, 10 April 2013

Revision as of 07:01, 7 May 2013

Line 1:

{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}

An '''inter-processor interrupt''' ('''IPI''') is a special type of [[interrupt]] by which one processor may interrupt another processor in a [[multiprocessor]] system. IPIs are typically used to implement a [[cache coherency]] [[synchronization]] point.

Line 30:

* [[Non-maskable interrupt]] (NMI)

* [[Programmable Interrupt Controller]] (PIC)

== External Linkslinks ==

*[http://linux.linti.unlp.edu.ar/images/0/0c/ULK3-CAPITULO4-UNNOBA.pdf Interrupts and Exceptions]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inter-Processor Interrupt}}

[[Category:Interrupts]]

== External Links ==

*[http://linux.linti.unlp.edu.ar/images/0/0c/ULK3-CAPITULO4-UNNOBA.pdf Interrupts and Exceptions]

{{Compu-hardware-stub}}