Patent number: 8515797
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a multiprocessor computer system which has at least two microprocessors (102) and resources (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) which are jointly used by the microprocessors, programs (403) being able to be executed on the computer system, characterized by at least one resource manager (101) with the following features: a) the resource manager (101) manages resources (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) which are assigned to said manager and can be adjusted at least in terms of their time response, b) the resource manager (101) receives and processes reservation requests (401) for reserving desired resources (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108), which reservation requests are transmitted by programs (403), c) the reservation requests (401) describe at least the type, scope and time response of the desired resources (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108), d) the resource manager (101) allocates the respectively desired resources (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) to the requesting program
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2013
Assignee:
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig Carolo-Wilhelmina
Inventors:
Rolf Ernst, Jonas Diemer