Method and apparatus for operating a network controller
US6779054B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/28
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an input/output (I/O) device that is capable of being coupled to a computing system. The device is configured such that, in operation, the I/O device has the capability to interrupt an associated computing system processor based at least in part on a comparison of a threshold value with the quantity of transmit resources available to the I/O device.
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