Interrupt Messages

Introduction

Interrupt messages can be categorized as follows:

  1. Inter-Processor Messages sent from the Local APIC of one processor to the Local APIC of one or more other processors, or sent by a Local APIC to itself. The following are inter-processor messages:

    - On a system incorporating multiple P6 family processors on the FSB, the processors exchange a series of BIPI and FIPI messages at startup time to determine which of them will be the Boot Strap processor (BSP). See chapter 4 of the MindShare book entitled Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II System Architecture, Second Edition for more information. These messages were eliminated in the Pentium® 4 processor family.

    - The Startup Inter Processor Interrupt (SIPI) message. This message ...

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