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6. The fast interrupt returns without an RT/'7. Normal instruction fetching resumes using the PC following the completion ofthe fast interrupt routine.8. A fast interrupt is not interruptible.9. A JSR instruction within the fast interrupt routine forms a long interrupt routine.10. The primary application is to move data between memory and I/O devices.The execution of a long interrupt routine always conforms to the following rules:1. A JSR to the starting address of the interrupt service routine is located at oneof the two interrupt vector addresses.2. During execution of the JSR instruction, the PC and SR are stacked. The interruptmask bits of the SR are updated to mask interrupts of the same or lowerpriority. The loop flag, trace bit, double precision multiply mode bit, and scalingmode bits are reset.3. The first instruction word of the next interrupt service (of higher IPL) will reachthe decoder only after the decoding of at least four instructions following thedecoding of the first instruction of the previous interrupt.-4. The interrupt service routine can be interrupted - i.e., nested interrupts aresupported.5. The long interrupt routine, which can be any length, should be terminated byan RTI, which restores the PC and SR from the stack.Figure 7-10 illustrates the effect of a long interrupt routine on the instruction pipeline. Ashort JSR (a JSR with 12-bit absolute address) is used to form the long interrupt routine.For this example, word 6 of the long interrupt routine is an RT/' The point at which interruptsare re-enabled and subsequent interrupts are allowed is shown to illustrate thenon-interruptible nature of the early instructions in the long interrupt service routine.Either one of the two instructions of the fast interrupt can be the JSR instruction thatforms the long interrupt. Figure 7-11 and Figure 7-12 show the two possible cases. If thefirst fast interrupt vector instruction is the JSR, the second instruction is never used.A REP instruction and the instruction that follows it are treated as a Single two-wordinstruction, regardless of how many times it repeats the second instruction of the pair.Instruction fetches are suspended and will be reactivated only after the LC is decre-