Interrupt Handling in Linux.

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Subject: Interrupt Handling in Linux.
From: sajay@temenos.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:12:45 +0530
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Hi,

Whenever an interrupt occurs in Linux, the initial interrupt handler that runs pushes the interrupt vector number subtracted by 256 on to the stack. Iam not able to understand what purpose this serves. Can anyone shed some light on this.

Cheers,
Sajay

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