Patent ID: 7614056
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by an operating system executing within a computer system having different types of physical processing modules, the method comprising: receiving a first set of parametric information pertaining to a first physical processing module (PPM), the first PPM having a first architecture; constructing a first abstraction of the first PPM based, at least partially, upon the first set of parametric information, the first abstraction comprising an indication of how many logical processing entities are provided by the first PPM, the first abstraction further comprising operational information indicating one or more operational characteristics of the first PPM; determining that a second abstraction for a second PPM does not exist the second PPM having a second architecture, wherein the first architecture is different from the second architecture; receiving a second set of parametric information pertaining to the second PPM; constructing the second abstraction of the second PPM based, at least partially, upon the second set of parametric information, the second abstraction comprising an indication of how many logical processing entities are provided by the second PPM, the second abstraction further comprising operational information indicating one or more operational characteristics of the second PPM, wherein the second abstraction is different from the first abstraction to reflect at least one difference between the first architecture of the first PPM and the second architecture of the second PPM; and dispatching, based on the at least one difference between the first architecture of the first PPM and the second architecture of the second PPM and the operational information in the first abstraction, an execution thread for execution to one of the logical processing entities of the first PPM.