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Vector table
The array of handler addresses, placed at a known location in memory, that the processor indexes when an exception or interrupt fires. Entry zero on many cores holds the initial stack pointer rather than a function address.
- Also known as
- Interrupt vector table, IVT
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Embedded Software & Tools, RTOS and scheduling
Notes
Relocating the table into RAM at boot lets a bootloader and an application each install their own handlers from the same silicon.
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