Interrupt Configuration
34 – Configuration
VL-486-4 Reference Manual
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The following table describes the six STD Bus interrupt signals. Some of these interrupt signals
are hardwired to specific IRQ inputs, and others are connected to jumpers V9 through V13 for
custom configuration.
Table 13: STD 32 Interrupt Signals.
Function
STD-32
Signal Name
STD-32
Pin Number
Typical
Use
Notes
NMI*
NMIRQ*
P46
High priority interrupts
which should not be
ignored.
Note: An arbiter card
can generate NMI in
an error condition.
NMIRQ* can be connected to
the CPU NMI interrupt input by
inserting jumper V8[5-6]. If
multiple CPU’s are used,
typically only one CPU will be
jumpered to respond to NMI.
INTRQ*
INTRQ*
P44
General purpose or
Interprocessor
Communications
Interrupt (IPC)
INTRQ* is hardwired into IRQ9.
It can also be jumpered to drive
IRQ1 by inserting jumper
V9[1-2].
INTRQ* can also be used to
carry the Interprocessor
Communications Interrupt (IPC)
between multiple CPU’s by
inserting jumper V7[1-2]. Activity
on INTRQ* will drive IRQ5.
INTRQ1*
INTRQ1*
P37
Carries Keyboard
interrupts from
VL-SVGA-1 to VL-
486-4. INTRQ1* is
general purpose on
systems without
keyboards.
INTRQ1* can be configured to
drive IRQ1 by inserting jumper
V9[2-3]. (As shipped
configuration.)
INTRQ2*
CNTRL*
P50
General purpose
INTRQ2* can be configured to
drive IRQ11 by inserting jumper
V11[1-2].
INTRQ3*
INTRQ3*
E67
General purpose
INTRQ3* can be configured to
drive IRQ12 by inserting jumper
V12[1-2].
INTRQ4*
VBAT
P05
General purpose
INTRQ4* can be jumpered to
carry the Interprocessor
Communications Interrupt (IPC)
between multiple CPU’s by
inserting jumper V7[2-3]. The
IPC signal is hardwired to IRQ5.