JPS62208134A - Integrated os computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To drive a single computer on the basis of programs formed under plural different OS environmental conditions by providing a common function executing means with conversion and reverse conversion means corresponding to various OS expression formats. CONSTITUTION:An OS1 expression format instruction inputted from an OS 1 I/O means 4 is converted into a common expression format by a conversion means 2a and the converted instruction is sent to the common function executing means 1. In the execution means 1, the instruction is executed and a response based upon the common expression format is formed and sent to a reverse conversion means 3b. The response reversely converted into an OSn expression format is outputted to an OSn I/O means 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION The present invention relates to an integrated OS computer system that implements a plurality of operating systems with different configurations.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, computers provide an environment in which an operator can easily operate a computer using an operating system equipped with a task management function, a memory management function, a file management function, and the like. Although these basic functions of operating systems have similar purposes and perform similar functions, they are realized with different internal structures depending on the type of operating system, and are used in different ways. It is intended to provide.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such conventional computer systems, it is extremely difficult for an operator who is skilled in one OS to operate the same computer in a different OS environment. , heterogeneous O
In order for a plurality of operators skilled in the S environment to use the system, operators who are not skilled in the OS environment provided by the computer had to relearn the operating environment of this OS.

In addition, if a program created under a certain OS environment uses functions that depend on the OS, it is realized by a calling form using expressions unique to the OS, so it can be run on a different OS. It is difficult to run the same program on different computer systems, and modification work is required for porting.

The present invention has been made by focusing on such problems in conventional computer systems, and provides means for performing common functions with conversions compatible with various OS expression formats,
By providing a reverse conversion means, it becomes possible to operate a single computer under multiple heterogeneous OS environments, or to operate with a program created under multiple heterogeneous OS environments. It is an object.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention solves the above problems by using a plurality of different O.
The above object is achieved by a common function execution means that executes a function common to S, and means for mutually converting the expression format of each OS and the usage format of the common function execution means.

Effect: With the above configuration, inputs based on a plurality of different OSs are converted into a usage format of the common function execution means to execute the common function, and the execution results are inversely converted into the expression format of each OS and output. Therefore a single computer can be
It can be operated with S or with various OS programs.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, 4 is an input/output means in the 051 expression format, 2a is a conversion means for converting from the OSI expression format to the common expression format, and 2b is an inverse conversion means for converting from the common expression format to the 051 expression format. It is. Also, 5 is OSn
3a is a conversion means for converting from the OSn expression format to the common expression format, and 3b is an inverse conversion means for converting the common expression format back to the OSn expression format. Further, 1 executes the command in the common expression format input from the converting means 2a and 3a, and the inverse converting means 2b
and 3b, it is a common function execution means that outputs a response in a common expression format.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained using FIG.

The commands in the OS1 expression format inputted from the OS1 input/output means 4 are converted into commands in the common expression format by the conversion means 2a and sent to the common function execution means 1. The common function execution means 1 translates and executes instructions in a common expression format,
Create a common representation format response. The response in the common expression format is inversely converted into the 051 expression format by the inverse conversion means 2b and output to the 051 input/output means 4. In addition, the same function executed by the above-mentioned common function execution means l can be executed by the OSn.
It is also possible to start from the input/output means 5. That is,
An instruction in the expression format of the OSn that is to be used to execute the above function, which is inputted from the OSn input/output means 5, is converted by the conversion means 3a into an instruction in the common expression format and sent to the common function execution means 1. The operation of the common function execution means 1 at this time is exactly the same as in the above case. Common function execution means 1
The response in the common expression format created by
In b, the response is inversely converted to the OSn expression format, and the OS
It is output to the input/output means 5 for n.

Also, after executing the command input in the OS1 expression format, the OS
The procedure for outputting a response in the expression format of n will be explained. O3I
Commands in the expression format of the OS 1 manually inputted from the input/output means 4 are converted into a common expression format by the conversion means 2a and sent to the common function execution means 1. The common function execution means 1 executes the command and creates a response in a common expression format,
It is sent to the inverse conversion means 3b. O in the inverse conversion means 3b
The response that has been inversely converted into the Sn expression format is output to the OSn input/output means 5.

FIG. 2 represents one embodiment of the invention. In the figure, 10 is a common function execution device, which executes instructions expressed in a common expression format. 20 and 30 are conversion/inverse conversion devices, which convert instructions expressed in the 051 and OSn expression formats input from the 051 and OSn virtual machines, respectively, into a common expression format, and also convert instructions in the common expression format. The expressed responses are converted back into OS1 and OSn representation formats. In addition, 40 and 50 are virtual machines of O3I and OSn, which execute programs that interact with the operator and use common functions in the representation format of OS1 and OSn, respectively, in the representation format of 051 and OSn. This is a device that can do this. Further, 60 is a communication means that enables communication between the common function execution device 10 and the conversion/inverse conversion devices 20 and 30.

That is, for example, when attempting to obtain a response in the OSn representation format by executing a command input in the 051 representation format, the OS
A command in the expression format of the OS 1 inputted by the operator in the virtual machine 40 for 1 is converted into a common expression format in the conversion/inverse conversion device 20, and sent to the common function execution device 10 using the communication means 60. The common function execution device 10 executes the command in the common expression format, creates a response in the common expression format, and sends it to the conversion/inverse conversion device 30 using the communication means 60. The conversion/inverse conversion device 30 converts the response in the common expression format back to the OSn expression format, and the OSn virtual machine 50 outputs the response in the OSn expression format to the operator.

In addition, when a program created under the OS1 environment is executed on this system, this program is executed in the OS1 virtual machine 40, and in this program, the OS1
The common function execution command in the expression format No. 1 is output to the conversion/inverse conversion device 20.

The command converted into the common expression format by the conversion/inverse conversion device 20 is sent to the common function execution device 10 and executed there to create a response in the common expression format.The response in the common expression format is converted/inverted again. is returned to the inverse transformer 20, where O
The O3I virtual machine 40 is converted back to the Sl expression format.
It is returned as the execution result to the above program running above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment that implements each device in FIG. 2. In the figure, reference numerals 101 and 103 are command inputs in the representation formats 051 and OSn, respectively, and 102 and 104 are response outputs in the representation formats OS1 and OSn.

20 and 30 are conversion/inverse conversion devices, each of which includes input/output circuits 21 and 31, conversion circuits 22 and 32, inverse conversion circuits 23 and 33, communication control devices 24 and 34, readable memories 25 and 35, etc. has been done. Reference numeral 10 denotes a common function execution device, which includes a central processing unit 11 (CPU), a communication control device 12, and the like. The memories 25 and 35 also contain a correspondence table of instruction expression formats as shown in FIG.
A correspondence table of response expression formats is stored as shown in the figure below.

In the conversion/inversion devices 20 and 30, the conversion circuit 2
2 and 32 are connected to 0 through the input/output circuits 21 and 31.
51 and instructions 101 and 103 in the OSn representation format.
Based on this input, the command representation format correspondence table (FIG. 4 (a)) stored in the memories 25 and 35 is searched, and the command is converted into a common representation format command and sent to the communication control device 24.
and output to 34. The communication control devices 24 and 34 assign an address corresponding to the common function execution device 10 to the command in the common expression format input from the search circuits 22 and 32, encode it, and output it to the communication path 200.

Further, the communication control devices 24 and 34, which have received an input corresponding to their own address from the communication path 200, output a response in a common expression format from which the seat address has been removed, to the inverse conversion circuits 23 and 33 by an operation described later.

Based on the input common expression format responses, the inverse conversion circuits 23 and 33 search the response expression format correspondence tables (FIG. 4 (b)) stored in the memories 25 and 35 to determine the OS1 and OSn responses. It converts into an expression format and outputs the response via input/output circuits 21 and 31.

In the common function execution device 10, the communication control device 12:
The communication path 200 receives an input corresponding to its own address and then sends an instruction in a common expression format from which the address has been removed to the CPU.
Output to I. The CPU II executes commands in the common expression format, creates responses in the common expression format, and sends them to the communication control device 12.
Output to.

The communication control device 12 assigns an appropriate address to the response in the common expression format, encodes it, and outputs it to the communication path 200.

In the above embodiments, the method of converting and inversely converting the expression formats of commands and responses will be explained using specific examples. FIG. 5 shows the flow of commands and responses when executing the "file copy" function, which is one of the basic functions of the OS, in the above-described embodiment. Conversion/inverse conversion device 2
0 is l'-C in the form of C1 from the OSl virtual machine 40.
The OPYJ command is input and converted into a common expression format to create a "copy one file" command in the common expression format shown in C2.

The common function execution device 10 inputs the "file copy" command of C2, executes the internal "file copy" function, and as a result creates an "error" response shown in R1. conversion/
When the inverse conversion device 20 receives an "error" response in the form R1, it inversely converts it and outputs it to the OS1 virtual machine 40 as an rERROR/J response in the OS1 expression format shown in R2. In this way, the functions of a single computer system can be executed using instructions expressed in various OS expression formats.

Note that in the above embodiment, the conversion/inverse conversion devices 20 and 3
0 and the common function execution device 10, and the communication control devices 24 and 34 respectively.

12, the outputs of the conversion circuits 22 and 32 can be used as inputs to the central processing unit 11, and the outputs of the central processing unit 11 can also be used as inputs to the inverse conversion circuits 23 and 33. Furthermore, in the case of the above-mentioned configuration, the conversion circuits 22 and 32 and the inverse conversion circuits 23 and 33 are each made into a single unit, and expression format correspondence tables corresponding to a plurality of OSs are stored in the memory. is also possible.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention enables functions in a single computer system to be executed in operating environments of multiple heterogeneous OSes,
Not only can it be used in programs created under multiple heterogeneous OS environments, but it can also easily output a response to a command input in the representation format of one OS in the representation format of a different OS. realizable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the overall configuration of an integrated OS computer system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the integrated OS computer system according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the expression format correspondence table stored in the memory of FIG. 3. FIG. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific example of conversion and inverse conversion. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Common function execution means, 2, 3... Conversion/inverse conversion means, 4, 5... Input/output means for providing a specific operating system environment, 1o... Common function execution device, 20 .30...Conversion/inverse conversion device, 40°50・
... Virtual machine, 60... Communication means, 11... Central processing unit (CPU), 12, 24.34... Communication control device, 21.31... Input/output circuit, 22.32...・Conversion circuit, 23.33... Inverse conversion circuit, 101, 103
. . . Input of a command in the representation format of a specific operating system, 102, 104 . . . Output of a response in the representation format of a specific operating system, 200.
...Communication channel. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person
1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] a common function execution means that executes a function common to a plurality of different operating systems (OS); a common function conversion means that converts the expression format of a function belonging to each OS into a usage format of the common function execution means; An integrated OS computer system comprising common function inverse conversion means for converting the execution results of the function execution means into an expression format of each OS.