Patent ID: 6532478
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A file loader mounted on a first processor in an information processing system of a multiprocessor configuration, comprising:a processor configuration managing means for managing status information of processors in the system, a function database managing means for managing storage information of running files corresponding to functions installed in the processors, an inter-processor communication controlling means for communication with the other processors in the system, a file load controlling means for (i) recognizing other processors in the system, said other processors having functions identical to a function which has to be installed in the first processor, based on the storage information managed by the function database managing means, (ii) searching for one of the other processors for sending files according to a predetermined retrieval logic, while referring to the status of said other processors by the status information managed by the processor configuration managing means, and (iii) performing control, via the inter-processor communication controlling means, for making the one other processor load the running files required for the related function to the first processor, a memory for storing the running files loaded from the one other processor, and a function activating means for initializing the first processor in accordance with the running files to activate the related function after the running files finish being loaded from the other processor to the memory.