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S3C8248/C8245/P8245/C8247/C8249/P8249
INTERRUPT PRIORITY REGISTER (IPR)
The interrupt priority register, IPR (set 1, bank 0, FFH), is used to set the relative priorities of the interrupt levels
in the microcontroller's interrupt structure. After a reset, all IPR bit values are undetermined and must therefore
be written to their required settings by the initialization routine.
When more than one interrupt sources are active, the source with the highest priority level is serviced first. If two
sources belong to the same interrupt level, the source with the lower vector address usually has the priority (This
priority is fixed in hardware).
To support programming of the relative interrupt level priorities, they are organized into groups and subgroups by
the interrupt logic. Please note that these groups (and subgroups) are used only by IPR logic for the IPR register
priority definitions (see Figure 5-7):
Group A
IRQ0, IRQ1
Group B
IRQ2, IRQ3, IRQ3
Group C
IRQ5, IRQ6, IRQ7
IRQ0
As you can see in Figure 5-8, IPR.7, IPR.4, and IPR.1 control the relative priority of interrupt groups A, B, and C.
For example, the setting "001B" for these bits would select the group relationship B > C > A. The setting "101B"
would select the relationship C > B > A.
The functions of the other IPR bit settings are as follows:
— IPR.5 controls the relative priorities of group C interrupts.
— Interrupt group C includes a subgroup that has an additional priority relationship among the interrupt levels 5,
6, and 7. IPR.6 defines the subgroup C relationship. IPR.5 controls the interrupt group C.
— IPR.0 controls the relative priority setting of IRQ0 and IRQ1 interrupts.
IPR
Group A
A1
A2
IRQ1
IRQ2
Figure 5-7. Interrupt Request Priority Groups
IPR
Group B
B1
B2
B21
B22
IRQ3
IRQ4
INTERRUPT STRUCTURE
IPR
Group C
C1
C2
C21
C22
IRQ5
IRQ6
IRQ7
5-11
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