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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiprocessor system capable of sharing devices even under an environment in which the system is driven by a plurality of OSs and having a simple constitution. SOLUTION: In a device sharing method for sharing devices by the multiprocessor system having a plurality of CPU cells provided with at least one CPU and divided into two or more groups and allowed to be driven by a different operating system in each group, device management information for managing two or more sorts of processing allowed to be executed by a device is stored in a device cell containing the device connected to a CPU cell through a network, and when the device cell receives a command from the CPU cell, the device cell retrieves the device management information corresponding to an issue source of the command and allows the device to execute processing specified by the device management information updated by the command. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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