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System timer interrupt handler
- Do a rescheduling operation
- If a context switch occurs within this routine,
- When returning out of process_scheduler, process executing will return in the appropriate context when it was switched out on a previous flow through this execution path.
- Reset PIT interval to start a full time slice (if PIT in the system) (if INTC not present)
- Parameters:
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- Returns:
- nothing
- Note:
- May NOT return from this routine if a NEW process context is scheduled in the scheduler
- A context switch does not occur within this routine if an INTC is present. The switch occurs at the end of the INTC ISR.
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