Intel386™ EX EMBEDDED MICROPROCESSOR USER’S MANUAL

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Figure 9-4. Interrupt Process – Slave Request
Slave receives an interrupt request.
Slave sets the request's pending bit.
Is
request
enabled?
Is
special
mask mode
enabled?
(operating in
fully nested mode)
Is
the
in-service
bit for this
request
set?
Is
request
higher
than any set
in-service
bits?
Slave sends request to master.
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Yes No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Note:
See the "Interrupt Process - Master Request from Slave Source" figure for the continuation of this flow chart.