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Task control manager

  • US 4,800,521 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1982
  • Issued: 01/24/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a multiprocessor control for controlling a machine, the control comprising Directives, an operating system, a memory portions of said memory being allocated for operating system information, and a plurality of processors, said operating system including Instruction Modules, said Instruction Modules decoding said Directives and communicating with said processors, the control executing a plurality of tasks, said tasks being blocks of instructions for controlling said machine, aid tasks residing in at least one of said processors, said tasks being executed by at least one of said processors, the method of control of said machine including the steps of(1) involing a task for execution,(2) allocating operating system memory locations for said task,(3) inserting in said memory locations information related to said task,(4) determining the processor in which the task resides,(5) sending a request to the processor wherein the invoked task resides, and(6) initiating task execution in response to a Directive, said Directive in turn invoking an Instruction Module.

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