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Programmer’s Model
2-26 Copyright © 2001 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. ARM DDI 0234B
2.10 Interrupt latencies
Interrupt latencies are described in:
Maximum interrupt latencies
Minimum interrupt latencies.
2.10.1 Maximum interrupt latencies
When FIQs are enabled, the worst-case latency for FIQ comprises a combination of:
•T
syncmax
, the longest time the request can take to pass through the synchronizer.
T
syncmax
is two processor cycles.
•T
ldm
, the time for the longest instruction to complete. (The longest instruction is
an
LDM
that loads all the registers including the PC.) T
ldm
is 20 cycles in a zero wait
state system.
•T
exc
, the time for the Data Abort entry. T
exc
is three cycles.
•T
fiq
, the time for FIQ entry. T
fiq
is two cycles.
The total latency is therefore 27 processor cycles, slightly less than 0.7 microseconds in
a system that uses a continuous 40MHz processor clock. At the end of this time, the
ARM7TDMI-S executes the instruction at
0x1c
.
The maximum IRQ latency calculation is similar, but must allow for the fact that FIQ,
having higher priority, might delay entry into the IRQ handling routine for an arbitrary
length of time.
2.10.2 Minimum interrupt latencies
The minimum latency for FIQ or IRQ is the shortest time the request can take through
the synchronizer, T
syncmin
plus T
fiq
(four processor cycles).
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