How does Interrupt request (or IRQ) work and why need this?

Asked By Adam Johnson 70 points N/A Posted on - 04/08/2015

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How does interrupt request (or IRQ) work? What is interrupt request level? Why need Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)? What is Master PIC and Slave PIC? What are 16 IRQs and when it’s used? What is IRQ conflict error? What is Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)? Thank You

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