Interrupt event management

A computing module comprising:

• an apparatus comprising:
• an event decoder for receiving one or more interrupt signals from one or more interrupt sources and decoding a received interrupt signal to produce control data relating to an interrupt event;
• a sequence memory for storing one or more sequences, a sequence comprising one or more steps for handling one or more interrupt events;
• and
• one or more sequencers for receiving said control data from the event decoder, retrieving one or more steps of a sequence from the sequence memory based on the received control data, and interpreting the retrieved one or more steps;
• and
• a module interface coupled to said one or more sequencers and said sequence memory, the module interface being arranged to send and/or receive data over a data bus.

A computing system comprising:

• one or more central processing units;
• and
• an apparatus comprising:
• an event decoder for receiving one or more interrupt signals from one or more interrupt sources and decoding a received interrupt signal to produce control data relating to an interrupt event;
• a sequence memory for storing one or more sequences, a sequence comprising one or more steps for handling one or more interrupt events;
• and
• one or more sequencers for receiving said control data from the event decoder, retrieving one or more steps of a sequence from the sequence memory based on the received control data, and interpreting the retrieved one or more steps,
• the event decoder of said apparatus being arranged to receive one or more interrupt signals from one or more interrupt sources on behalf of said one or more central processing units.

A method for managing interrupt events comprising:

• receiving, by an event decoder, one or more interrupt signals from one or more interrupt sources;
• decoding, by the event decoder, a received interrupt signal to produce control data relating to an interrupt event;
• receiving, by one or more sequencers, said control data from the event decoder;
• retrieving, by the one or more sequencers, one or more steps of a sequence from a sequence memory, the sequence memory for storing one or more sequences, a sequence comprising one or more steps for handling one or more interrupt events;
• and
• interpreting, by the one or more sequencers, said retrieved one or more steps.