Interrupt Handler - Handling Multiple Interrupting Devices

Handling Multiple Interrupting Devices

There exists four ways in which processor can control multiple interrupting devices:

  1. using multiple interrupt lines;
  2. using software polling;
  3. using hardware polling (vector method);
  4. using bus arbitration.

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