Approach for handling system interrupts

Abstract

Various examples of the present disclosure relate to a firmware apparatus, firmware device, firmware method and corresponding computer program, to a processor, method for a processor and corresponding computer program, and to a computer program. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to various examples of the present disclosure relate to a firmware apparatus, firmware device, firmware method and corresponding computer program, to a processor, method for a processor and corresponding computer program, and to a computer program. A firmware apparatus comprises interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions and processing circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to provide a first entry point for handling global system interrupts, and to provide a plurality of second entry points for handling hardware partition-specific system interrupts, the plurality of second entry points being based on a plurality of hardware partitions of the computer system.

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