S3C2440A RISC MICROPROCESSOR INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
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14 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
OVERVIEW
The interrupt controller in the S3C2440A receives the request from 60 interrupt sources. These interr upt sources
are provided by internal peripherals such as DMA controller, UART, IIC, and others. In these interrupt sources, the
UARTn, AC97 and EINTn interrupts are 'OR'ed to the interrupt controller.
When receiving multiple interrupt requests from internal peripherals and external interrupt request pins, the
interrupt controller requests FIQ or IRQ interrupt of the ARM920T core after the arbitration procedure.
The arbitration procedure depends on the hardware priority logic and the result is written to the interrupt pending
register, which helps users notify which interrupt is generated out of various interrupt sources.
Request sources
(with sub -register)
Request sources
(without sub -register)
SRCPND MASK
MODE
Priority
INTPND
IRQ
FIQ
SUBSRCPND SUBMASK
LCD interrupt has different features. Please see the chapter 15 LCD Controller
Figure 14-1. Interrupt Process Diagram