System and method for concatenating discontiguous memory pages
US5930830A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/1081
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are provided which significantly speed up the ability to reassemble network message transfer units (MTUs) using existing virtual memory systems. Discontiguous physical pages are rearranged in a continuous format in virtual memory by manipulating virtual page pointers in a hardware memory page table. The hardware memory page table provides any necessary virtual-to-real address translations during the execution of a process.
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