HP dx7300 HP Compaq dx7300 and dc7700 Business PC Technical Reference Guide, 1 - Page 66
Non-Maskable Interrupts, Table 4-8., Maskable Interrupt Control Registers
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System Support Maskable Interrupt processing is controlled and monitored through standard AT-type I/O-mapped registers. These registers are listed in Table 4-8. I/O Port 020h 021h 0A0h 0A1h Table 4-8. Maskable Interrupt Control Registers Register Base Address, Int. Cntlr. 1 Initialization Command Word 2-4, Int. Cntlr. 1 Base Address, Int. Cntlr. 2 Initialization Command Word 2-4, Int. Cntlr. 2 The initialization and operation of the interrupt control registers follows standard AT-type protocol. Non-Maskable Interrupts Non-maskable interrupts cannot be masked (inhibited) within the microprocessor itself but may be maskable by software using logic external to the microprocessor. There are two non-maskable interrupt signals: the NMI- and the SMI-. These signals have service priority over all maskable interrupts, with the SMI- having top priority over all interrupts including the NMI-. NMI- Generation The Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI-) signal can be generated by one of the following actions: ■ Parity errors detected on a PCI bus (activating SERR- or PERR-). ■ Microprocessor internal error (activating IERRA or IERRB) The SERR- and PERR- signals are routed through the ICH8 component, which in turn activates the NMI to the microprocessor. 4-14 www.hp.com Technical Reference Guide