A.3. Interrupt signals, including the VIC interface

Table A.3 lists the interrupt signals, including those used with the VIC interface.

Table A.3. Interrupt signals

NameDirectionDescription

INTSYNCEN

Input

Indicates that VIC interface is asynchronous.

IRQACK

Output

Interrupt acknowledge.

IRQADDR[31:2]

Input

Address of the IRQ.

IRQADDRV

Input

Indicates IRQADDR is valid.

IRQADDRVSYNCEN

Input

Indicates that VIC IRQADDRV requires synchronizer.

nFIQ

Input

Fast interrupt request.[a]

nIRQ

Input

Interrupt request.[a]

nDMAIRQ

Output

Interrupt request by DMA. On reset this pin is set to 1.

nPMUIRQ

Output

Interrupt request by system performance monitor. On reset this pin is set to 1.

[a] This signal must be held LOW until an appropriate interrupt response is received from the processor.


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