1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a device that performs data processing, the device being a network card; and
a plurality of processors, each processor including a device driver corresponding to the network card,
wherein each processor switches use of the device in accordance with a setting of the resource flag,
wherein the device driver that is set in correspondence with at least one of the plurality of processors has a resource-state holding unit that manages the resource flag indicating which processor is using or is scheduled to use resources used at the time of data processing using the device,
wherein at least one of the plurality of processors sets the resource flag to a flag value indicating that the at least one of the plurality of processors is scheduled to use the resources in accordance with a schedule of the at least one of the plurality of processors to use the device, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of processors terminates or interrupts use of the device when the at least one of the plurality of processors refers to the resource flag and recognizes that another processor is scheduled to use the resources during a period in which the at least one of the plurality of processors is using the device.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein each of the plurality of processors, including the device driver terminates or interrupts use of the device when the processor refers to the resource flag and recognizes that another processor is scheduled to use the resources during a period in which the processor is using the device, and
wherein each of the plurality of processors sets the resource flag to a flag value indicating that the processor is scheduled to use the resources in accordance with the processor’s schedule to use the device.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the plurality of processors include one main processor and a plurality of sub-processors, and
wherein a device driver that is set in correspondence with the main processor includes the resource-state holding unit, which manages the resource flag.
4. The information processing apparatus according to anyone of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the plurality of processors have asymmetric multiprocessing structures with individually different architectures.
5. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including a device that performs data processing and a plurality of processors, the device being a network card and each processor including a device driver corresponding to the network card, each processor switching use of the device in accordance with a setting of the resource flag, and the device driver that is set in correspondence with at least one of the plurality of processors having a resource-state holding unit that manages the resource flag indicating which processor is using or is scheduled to use resources used at the time of data processing using the device, the method comprising the steps of:
setting, with at least one of the plurality of processors, the resource flag to a flag value indicating that the at least one of the plurality of processors is scheduled to use the resources in accordance with a schedule of the at least one of the plurality of processors to use the device; and
terminating or interrupting, with at least one of the plurality of processors, use of the device when the at least one of the plurality of processors refers to the resource flag and recognizes that another processor is scheduled to use the resources during a period in which the at least one of the plurality of processors is using the device.
6. A computer program for causing an information processing apparatus to perform information processing, the information processing apparatus including a device that performs data processing and a plurality of processors, the device being a network card and each processor including a device driver corresponding to the network card, each processor switching use of the device in accordance with a setting of the resource flag, and the device driver that is set in correspondence with at least one of the plurality of processors having a resource-state holding unit that manages the resource flag indicating which processor is using or is scheduled to use resources used at the time of data processing using the device, the computer program comprising the steps of:
causing at least one of the plurality of processors to set the resource flag to a flag value indicating that the at least one of the plurality of processors is scheduled to use the resources in accordance with a schedule of the at least one of the plurality of processors to use the device; and
causing at least one of the plurality of processors to terminate or interrupt use of the device when the at least one of the plurality of processors refers to the resource flag and recognizes that another processor is scheduled to use the resources during a period in which the at least one of the plurality of processors is using the device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A female electrical terminal, comprising:
a contact section for mating with a complementary male terminal, the contact section including a bottom wall; a first set of walls that define a first closed tubular portion with the bottom wall; and a second set of walls that define a second closed tubular portion with the bottom wall, the second closed tubular portion arranged end to end with the first closed tubular portion, the first closed tubular portion having an effective diameter that is less than an effective diameter the second closed tubular portion, the first closed tubular portion defining an insertion pathway for the male terminal; and
a flexible contact element at least partially disposed within the contact section and retained by the contact section so that opposing freestanding ends of the flexible contact element can move in relation to the contact section, the flexible contact element for urging the complementary male terminal into engagement with the bottom wall,
wherein the flexible contact element does not extend into the first closed tubular portion and the first set of walls is positioned between one of the freestanding ends of the flexible contact and the insertion pathway.
2. The female electrical terminal of claim 1, wherein the flexible contact element includes a leading edge that is positioned in its entirety outside of the contact section.
3. The female electrical terminal of claim 1, wherein the flexible contact element includes a leading edge, and wherein the female electrical terminal is devoid of any structure prohibiting frontal access to the flexible contact element leading edge.
4. A female electrical terminal, comprising:
a contact section for mating with a complementary male terminal, the contact section including a first closed tubular portion comprising a first set of walls that forms an insertion pathway for a complementary male terminal; and a second closed tubular portion comprising a second set of walls and being arranged end to end with the first closed tubular portion; wherein geometrically central axes of the first and second closed tubular portions are misaligned such that a space is formed outside of the insertion pathway; and
a flexible contact element at least partially disposed within the contact section for urging the complementary male terminal into engagement with the bottom wall, the flexible contact element including a freestanding leading edge that is positioned within the space and is separated from the insertion pathway by the first set of walls.
5. The female electrical terminal of claim 4, wherein the female electrical terminal is devoid of any structure prohibiting frontal access to the flexible contact element leading edge.
6. The female electrical terminal of claim 4, wherein an opening is defined at an interface between the first closed tubular portion and the second closed tubular portion; and wherein a portion of the flexible contact element extends into the opening.
7. A female electrical terminal, comprising:
a contact section for mating with a complementary male terminal, the contact section including a first closed tubular portion comprising a first set of walls that forms an insertion pathway for a complementary male contact; and a second closed tubular portion comprising a second set of walls and being arranged end to end with the first closed tubular portion; wherein the first closed tubular portion has an effective diameter that is a different size than that of the second closed tubular portion such that a space is formed outside of the insertion pathway; and
a flexible contact element at least partially disposed within the contact section for urging a complementary male terminal into engagement with the bottom wall, the flexible contact element including a freestanding leading edge that is positioned within the space on an opposite side of the first set of walls from the insertion pathway.
8. The female electrical terminal of claim 7, wherein the female electrical terminal is devoid of any structure prohibiting frontal access to the flexible contact element leading edge.
9. A female electrical terminal, comprising:
a contact section including a set of converging walls that define an insertion pathway for a complementary male terminal, the insertion pathway having a diameter that is smaller than a closed tubular portion that is proximate the set of converging walls; and
a flexible contact element partially disposed within the contact section and retained by the contact section so that opposing freestanding ends of the flexible contact element can move in relation to the contact section, the flexible contact element for urging a complementary male terminal into engagement with a contact section bottom wall;
wherein the female electrical terminal is devoid of any structure prohibiting frontal access to a leading edge of the flexible contact element, and
wherein the flexible contact element does not extend into the set of converging walls and one of the freestanding ends of the flexible contact element is isolated from the insertion pathway by the set of converging walls.