An operating system for a fault-tolerant multiprocessor controller |
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Authors: | Williams RD Johnson BW Roberts TE |
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Affiliation: | Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA; |
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Abstract: | The development of an operating system that is a central component of a fault-tolerant multiprocessor is described. The operating system, while relatively simple and small, supports multitasking and multiprocessing, as well as both self-diagnostics and cross-diagnostics for fault detection. In the event of a fault, the system permits rapid reconfiguration in a manner that retains processing for the highest-priority tasks. Since the hardware needed to provide fault tolerance is available when there are no faults, the operating system can utilize this excess capacity to accomplish lower-priority tasks during normal operation. This approach yields graceful degradation in response to faults in the system components |
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