Figure 86. interrupt control register for cascada, Figure 8-6 – Intel 80C188XL User Manual

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INTERRUPT CONTROL UNIT

Figure 8-6. Interrupt Control Register for Cascadable Interrupt Pins

Register Name:

Interrupt Control Register (cascadable pins)

Register Mnemonic:

I0CON, I1CON

Register Function:

Control register for the cascadable external
interrupt pins

Bit

Mnemonic

Bit Name

Reset

State

Function

SFNM

Special
Fully
Nested
Mode

0

Set to enable special fully nested mode.

CAS

Cascade
Mode

0

Set to enable cascade mode.

LVL

Level-trigger

0

Selects the interrupt triggering mode:

0 = edge triggering
1 = level triggering.

The LVL bit

must be set

when external 8259As

are cascaded into the Interrupt Control Unit.

MSK

Interrupt
Mask

1

Clear to enable interrupts from this source.

PM2:0

Priority
Level

111

Defines the priority level for this source.

NOTE:

Reserved register bits are shown with gray shading. Reserved bits must be written
to a logic zero to ensure compatibility with future Intel products.

A1215-A0

15

0

P

M

0

P

M

1

P

M

2

M

S
K

L

V

L

C
A
S

S
F
N

M

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