Practice Context Saving And Restoration (27.2.2) - Interrupts and Processor Management
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Context Saving and Restoration

Practice - Context Saving and Restoration

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Question 1 Easy

What is an interrupt?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a device needs attention from the CPU.

Question 2 Easy

What do we mean by context saving?

💡 Hint: How does the CPU remember what it was doing before the interrupt?

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Question 1

What happens first when an interrupt is received?

The interrupt service routine is executed
The current instruction is completed
The context is restored

💡 Hint: Think about the order of operations when a request interrupts processing.

Question 2

True or False: Flag bits can be set by the programmer.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall which flags can be modified by the programmer during execution.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a mini project that simulates an environment where multiple devices send interrupts to the CPU, illustrating how the system handles context saving and restoring.

💡 Hint: Use a programming language to implement this simulation and visualize interrupt handling.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate how different programmer strategies can influence the effective management of interrupts in real-time systems.

💡 Hint: Consider real-time application needs and their critical coding practices for interrupts.

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