11. This handler runs at a higher priority than any thread but lower than the interrupt handlers . 12. A packet driver uses an little endian ) to the address of a possible interrupt handler . 13. Later, after the interrupt handler has finished, these tasks are executed by the main loop. 14. Adeos is a kernel patch comprising an Interrupt Pipeline where different Operating System Domains register interrupt handlers . 15. The " interrupt acknowledge " method, the external device gives the CPU an interrupt handler number. 16. In such cases an NMI can execute an interrupt handler that transfers control to a special monitor program. 17. One example of a software interrupt handler ( there are many others ) is in table entry 0x2e. 18. For many operating systems, devices are serviced as soon as the device's interrupt handler is executed. 19. Responding to an interrupt involves saving the registers to a stack, and then branching to the interrupt handler code. 20. The entire VM state is held within normal ARM registers, allowing compatibility with existing operating systems and interrupt handlers unmodified.