Hi all,
It was nice experience working with NXP with my favorite S32K1XX series having ARM Cotex M-4 and M-0+.
Now i switched to BCM895XX series with ARM Cotex R-4 having VIC for interrupt contolling.
I am working with controller having ARM cortex R-4 , which supports VIC (PL190) for interrupt controlling. I searched a lot but not satisfied. Now i come here again.
I have few questions:
1- Does VICIRQSTATUS register gives the currently IRQ interrupt servicing by processor.
2. Which status gives the VICRAWINTR register.
3. I want the current executing interrupt source number( decimal number out of 32 interrupt source ) at run time . I am only getting the status bit being set in STATUS register . Also I am not getting any register supported by Cortex R-4 to get the interrupt source number. How I can get this number .
Please help me on this and also let me know if i have posted this question in wrong category.
Thanks!
Hi Joseph，
Sorry for raise this old topic again. But I met issues on our SOC and need your help.
Per this line in your reply " This restore the interrupt masking logic so that the interrupt can be taken again if needed."
May I know the interrupt masking logic will be restored to lowest or just the one below the ISR it just served?
In general "restore" means, back to the former state.
42Bastian Schick is right. From memory PL190 is a hardware "stack" so that when writing to VICADDRESS, the priority level value is back to the value where it was (before the servicing interrupt occurred).
Joseph Yiu 42Bastian Schick Many thanks for the quick reply. It is clear to me now.
Joseph Yiu Actually, I am using PL192. Suppose the behavior here is same with PL190?
Yes, PL192 also has a hardware stack for the priority level.