Hi, I am reading MPC8280 PowerQUICC=99 II Family Reference Manual. In section 4.3.1.1, it mentioned two words: grouped, spread. the sentence is like this: The SIU interrupt configuration register (SICR), shown in Figure 4-10, defines the highest priority interrupt and whether interrupts are grouped or spread in the priority table, I have some trouble to understand this. what is grouped? what is spread?
what is "grouped"?what is "spread"?
Started by ●February 12, 2009
Reply by ●February 13, 20092009-02-13
>Hi, I am reading MPC8280 PowerQUICC=99 II Family Reference Manual. >In section 4.3.1.1, it mentioned two words: grouped, spread. >the sentence is like this: >The SIU interrupt configuration register (SICR), shown in Figure 4-10, >defines the highest priority >interrupt and whether interrupts are grouped or spread in the priority >table, > >I have some trouble to understand this. > >what is grouped? what is spread? > >Grouped interrupts are grouped by priority and are functionally similar. I.e. all FCCs are grouped at essentially the same interrupt priority with rotation. This is useful in high performance use; e.g. an Ethernet router might group all FCCs so the interrupts aren't affected by other interleaved (per interrupt priority) activities in the processor. Spread are interrupts wired to an interrupt priority as dictated by the interrupt priority table.