Method and apparatus in a computer system having plural computers which cause the initiation of functions in each other using information contained in packets transferred between the computers
US6038607A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To reduce an overhead of the interrupt on a processor associated with packet send and receive control in a network, a packet send command chaining unit is provided. Based on the control field in each packet send command, a send node controls an interrupt request to the processor in the packet level and sends a packet set with the control information to a receive node. Based on the control field in the received data packet, the receive node controls a receive circuit interrupt request, thereby reducing the number of times the interrupt on the instruction processor is caused for each packet send and receive operation.
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