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- To know about the software interrupts.
- To know about the real time interrupts and hardware interfacing.
Q#1
Give answers to each.
How the address of a required interrupt handler is found?
What is difference between maskable and non-maskable interrupts?
When an IRET instruction is executed, what action takes place?
What is the logical address (segment: offset) of INT 4?
What is the role of trap and interrupt flag during interrupt mechanism?
Which hardware interrupt has the maximum priority?
How can we hook an interrupt?
Q#2
Write the code to disable the timer interrupt using PIC mask register.