Managing interrupt requests from IP cores

A system, comprising a controller enabled to:

• capture environmental constraints within constraint files for the integrated circuit design;
• determine that an IP core of a plurality of IP cores is adapted to generate an interrupt input signal;
• instantiate an interrupt controller circuit including at least one interrupt controller within hardware descriptions and software descriptions of an integrated circuit design;
• and
• automatically instantiate connections for coupling the interrupt input signal to an interrupt controller input of the at least one interrupt controller if an interrupt controller is not available to the IP core.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer instructions when executed by a computer perform a method comprising:

• capturing environmental constraints within constraint files for an integrated circuit design;
• generating connections among interrupt sources, interrupt controllers, and interrupt request ports on microprocessor cores within an integrated circuit environment;
• determining that an IP core of a plurality of IP cores is adapted to generate an interrupt input signal;
• and
• automatically instantiating, during compilation of the integrated circuit design, an interrupt controller for receiving the interrupt input signal from the IP core if the interrupt controller is not available to the IP core.