Method of processing an operating system in a multi-processor system
US4494188A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/485
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An operating system (OS) is divided into units (OS processes) which are concurrently executable. When the processors concurrently request the execution of one OS process, data indicating that the requested OS process is in a ready state is loaded into a memory. The other processors repeatedly make an access to the data during the course of the execution of the user's task to check to see whether the ready-state OS process is present or not. A processor when detecting the ready-state OS process ceases the execution of the user's program and executes that OS process.
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