Abstract: A motor vehicle control system has at least two separate control units, which are interconnected via a bus system, each control unit controlling respective individual vehicle components. The control system effectively uses the memory location and computing time resources that exist within a combination of control units, thus assuring processing of the routines that can take place in real time. Use of the existing resources is assured without additional hardware expenditure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle control system consisting of at least two separate control units (S1-Sx), which are connected with one another by way of a bus system (5), whereby the control devices (S1-Sx) are provided for controlling individual vehicle components, in each instance. It is the task of the invention to effectively utilize the resources of memory space and computing time that exist within a combination of control devices of a motor vehicle and, in this connection, to assure processing of the routines that can take place in real time. The method is supposed to assure utilization of the existing resources, without additional hardware expenditure.