title: how to generate software interrupt by some method other than using assembly instruction
body: <p>Can someone please let me know if there is any other way of generating software interrupts other than using the assembly instruction for interrupt provided by the processor instruction set ? For eg <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT_%28x86_instruction%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT_%28x86_instruction%29</a> states that </p>
  
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  <p>can be used for generating software interrupt. I would like to know if there is any other way of generating software interrupts that is used in practice (say if the processor instruction set doesn't have any such instruction) ? Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.</p>