Patent ID: 8515797

Claim:
A method for operating a multiprocessor computer system comprising at least two microprocessors; hardware resources which are jointly used by said at least two microprocessors; a program which is able to be executed on said multiprocessor computer system; and a resource manager, which is implemented as a hardware component to perform steps of: managing said hardware resources, wherein said hardware resources are assigned to said resource manager; receiving and processing a reservation request for reserving said hardware resources, wherein said reservation request is transmitted by said program and describes virtual resources and at least a desired type, a desired scope and a desired time response of each of said virtual resources; automatically selecting and allocating said hardware resources, which are needed to satisfy said reservation request, to said program if said hardware resources are available; and adjusting a time response of each of said allocated hardware resources and a communication medium through which said at least two microprocessors and said hardware resources are connected according to said desired time response requested with said reservation request, wherein said time response of said communication medium is adjusted in such a manner that background data traffic is given priority over data traffic with defined bandwidth requirements, whereby said communication medium is adjusted by regulating a bandwidth of said communication medium in such a manner that sufficient bandwidth is remaining for the data traffic with defined bandwidth requirements.