Overview
5-5
Interrupts
SPRU733
5.1.1.4 Interrupt Acknowledgment (IACK) and Interrupt Number (INUM
n
)
The IACK and INUM
n
signals alert hardware external to the C6000 that an
interrupt has occurred and is being processed. The IACK signal indicates that
the CPU has begun processing an interrupt. The INUM
n
signal (INUM3
−
INUM0) indicates the number of the interrupt (bit position in the IFR) that is
being processed. For example:
INUM3 = 0 (MSB)
INUM2 = 1
INUM1 = 1
INUM0 = 1 (LSB)
Together, these signals provide the 4-bit value 0111, indicating INT7 is being
processed.