Samsung KS57C2308 Interrupt Priority Register IPR, Standard Interrupt Priorities Default Priority

KS57C2308/P2308/C2316/P2316 INTERRUPTS

INTERRUPT PRIORITY REGISTER (IPR)

The 4-bit interrupt priority register (IPR) is used to control multi-level interrupt handling. Its reset value is logic zero. Before the IPR can be modified by 4-bit write instructions, all interrupts must first be disabled by a DI instruction.

FB2H

IME

IPR.2

IPR.1

IPR.0

By manipulating the IPR settings, you can choose to process all interrupt requests with the same priority level, or you can select one type of interrupt for high-priority processing. A low-priority interrupt can itself be interrupted by a high-priority interrupt, but not by another low-priority interrupt. A high-priority interrupt cannot be interrupted by any other interrupt source.

Table 7-3. Standard Interrupt Priorities

Interrupt	Default Priority
INTB, INT4	1
INT0	2
INT1	3
INTS	4
INTT0	5

The MSB of the IPR, the interrupt master enable flag (IME), enables and disables all interrupt processing. Even if an interrupt request flag and its corresponding enable flag are set, a service routine cannot be executed until the IME flag is set to logic one. The IME flag (mapped FB2H.3) can be directly manipulated by EI and DI instructions, regardless of the current enable memory bank (EMB) value.

Table 7-4. Interrupt Priority Register Settings

IPR.2	IPR.1	IPR.0	Result of IPR Bit Setting
0	0	0	Normal interrupt handling according to default priority settings
0	0	1	Process INTB and INT4 interrupts at highest priority
0	1	0	Process INT0 interrupts at highest priority
0	1	1	Process INT1 interrupts at highest priority
1	0	0	Process INTS interrupts at highest priority
1	0	1	Process INTT0 interrupts at highest priority

NOTE: During normal interrupt processing, interrupts are processed in the order in which they occur. If two or more interrupt requests are received simultaneously, the priority level is determined according to the standard interrupt priorities in Table 7-3 (the default priority assigned by hardware when the lower three IPR bits = "0"). In this case, the higher-priority interrupt request is serviced and the other interrupt is inhibited. Then, when the high-priority interrupt is returned from its service routine by an IRET instruction, the inhibited service routine is started.

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