(Q)What are Hardware and software interrupt? draw the block daigram of 8259 interrupt controller and explain in brief..
Those would be software interrupts. Interrupts initiated by the hardware would be hardware interrupts. While the socket a mouse is plugged into would use a hardware interrupt, a mouse driver would use a software interrupt.
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Interrupts originate from hardware or software events that require immediate attention from the CPU. Hardware interrupts are generated by devices such as keyboards, mice, or network cards to signal that they need processing, while software interrupts can be triggered by system calls or exceptions in programs. These interrupts allow the CPU to respond quickly to changing conditions or requests, ensuring efficient multitasking and system responsiveness.
Interrupts page 260 of the Operating systems book
There are 2 types interrupts in 8085 such as: 1)hardware interrupt 2)software interrupt
Hardware interrupts can be controlled by the 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controller
There are two hardware interrupts in the 8086/8088. INTR, which is maskable, and NMI, which is not.
There are three types of interrupts.... 1. internal Interrupts 2. External Interrupts 3. Software Interrupts... read more
The Linux kernel does not run with interrupts disabled. Otherwise none of your hardware nor any pre-emptive multitasking would even work.In fact, system calls work vie software interrupts. Withour interrupts your applications can't even run.Every now and then a kernel may want to MASK interrupts, which allows the kernel to ignore certain interrupts if it's too busy or has no need to service them. Or there are non-maskable interrupts, which the kernel cannot ignore. Those are usually interrupts caused by important hardware, such as the system timer, and the CPU itself.
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A VDU is hardware.