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The purpose of this page is to document how Xen |
The purpose of this page is to document how Xen sets up and uses interrupts. It is a work in progress, and to a certain extent dynamic as patches modify the code. However, the contents of it is accurate of November 14, 2011. |
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== IDT vector entries == |
== IDT vector entries == |
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 8 December 2011
The purpose of this page is to document how Xen sets up and uses interrupts. It is a work in progress, and to a certain extent dynamic as patches modify the code. However, the contents of it is accurate of November 14, 2011.
IDT vector entries
Refer to xen/include/asm-x86/mach-default/irq_vectors.h
Vector Ranges
| Section | Range | Use |
| Exceptions | 0x00 - 0x1f |
Architecturally reserved |
| Dynamic IRQs | 0x20 - 0xdf |
Free for assignment for devices |
| Legacy | 0xe0 - 0xef |
Reserved range for PIC before switching to APIC |
| High Priority | 0xf0 - 0xff |
For IPIs and serial interrupts |
Specific Vectors
| Vector | Symbol | Description |
0x20 |
IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR |
Clean up references to IRQs in past PCPUs after they have been moved |
0x80 |
LEGACY_SYSCALL_VECTOR
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0x82 |
HYPERCALL_VECTOR
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0xf7 |
CMCI_APIC_VECTOR
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0xf8 |
PMU_APIC_VECTOR
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0xf9 |
LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR
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0xfa |
THERMAL_APIC_VECTOR
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0xfb |
CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR
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0xfc |
EVENT_CHECK_VECTOR
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0xfd |
INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR
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0xfe |
ERROR_APIC_VECTOR
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0xff |
SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR
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