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Teach auto-generated interrupt handlers to clear interrupts again

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Description

It would be nice if we could customise our (new) sequences that drive interrupts to drop the interrupts again only when they were acknowledged. (Ibex has level-, rather than edge-triggered interrupts)

At the moment, the ISRs that come out of riscv-dv write to a magic "signature address". We could either use that for this purpose or could use something else. But the latter case would mean a modification of the (moribund?) riscv-dv project.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the new interrupt-driving sequences and the auto-generated ISRs from riscv-dv, especially their use of the magic signature address. Decide whether that address can carry the acknowledgement state or whether the riscv-dv integration needs changing; done means level-triggered interrupts are cleared only after acknowledgement.

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Assessment

Domain
embedded-iot, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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