METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERRUPT REDIRECTION FOR ARM PROCESSORS

Disclosed herein is an interrupt redirection apparatus and method for inter-processor communication. The apparatus includes a plurality of ARM processors, a vectored interrupt controller, an interrupt command register, an interrupt data register for designating the contents of each interrupt, an interrupt signal generation unit, and a bus interface unit used for providing read and write accesses of both the interrupt command register and the interrupt data register. The vectored interrupt controller for receiving interrupts generated by hardware for performing a specific function under the control of each ARM processor and interrupts generated by peripheral hardware, and transferring each interrupt as each interrupt request signal to an ARM processor designated as a master processor. The interrupt command register designates targets and kinds of each interrupt to perform a function for receiving an interrupt redirection command and activating an interrupt request signal. The interrupt signal generation unit reads the contents and activates an interrupt request signal.