Ito's formula and Infinitesmal generator

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Consider an Ito process

$$ dX_t = \sigma_t dB_t $$

where $\sigma_t$ is a two-state continuous-time Markov chain with state space $\{ \sigma_1, \sigma_2 \}$ that switches state with Poisson intensity $\lambda$ and $B_t$ is standard Brownian motion.

Questions:

  1. What does Ito's formula for $X_t$ looks like? Is there a formula to compute the quadratic variation $[X, X]_t$ when $X$ is an integral against a semi-martingale...?

  2. What is the infinitesmal generator $A$, defined for sufficiently nice $f$ by

$$ Af(x) = \lim_{s \rightarrow 0} \frac{E^x[f(X_{t+s})] - f(x)}{s}? $$

  1. Is the correlation property between $\sigma_t$ and $B_t$ relevant for these questions?