a)   How does hardware interrupt happen? (b)   List the 5 elements needed to deploy device driven interrupt.

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When an interrupt occurs, the processor saves a small amount of information on the kernel stack. The processor registers the instruction pointer before the interrupt. 

(a)   How does hardware interrupt happen?

(b)   List the 5 elements needed to deploy device driven interrupt.

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