Information processing apparatus and method and program

An information processing method for an information processing apparatus including a plurality of slave processors connected to a system bus and a main processor controlling the plurality of slave processors, the method comprising the steps of:

• holding profile information of processing modules executable by the slave processors;
• selecting processing modules to be executed by the slave processors in accordance with the profile information;
• causing the slave processors to execute the processing modules selected by the selecting step;
• generating a compound module for performing a plurality of pieces of processing by combining predetermined simple modules in response to a request;
• and
• storing the compound module generated by the generating step,
• wherein the profile information includes dependency information of input data, and
• wherein the compound module is generated by the generating step in accordance with the dependency information.

A program for causing a main processor controlling a plurality of slave processors connected to a system bus in an information processing apparatus to perform processing comprising the steps of:

• holding profile information of processing modules executable by the slave processors;
• selecting processing modules to be executed by the slave processors in accordance with the profile information;
• causing the slave processors to execute the processing modules selected by the selecting step;
• generating a compound module for performing a plurality of pieces of processing by combining predetermined simple modules in response to a request;
• and
• storing the compound module generated by the generating step,
• wherein the profile information includes dependency information of input data, and
• wherein the compound module is generated by the generating step in accordance with the dependency information.

An information processing apparatus including a plurality of slave processors connected to a system bus and a main processor controlling the plurality of slave processors, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a holding unit holding profile information of processing modules executable by the slave processors;
• a selection unit selecting processing modules to be executed by the slave processors in accordance with the profile information;
• an execution unit causing the slave processors to execute the processing modules selected by the selection unit;
• a generation unit generating a compound module for performing a plurality of pieces of processing by combining predetermined simple modules in response to a request;
• and
• a storage unit storing the compound module generated by the generation unit,
• wherein the profile information includes dependency information of input data, and
• wherein the generation unit generates the compound module in accordance with the dependency information.