Apparatus to offload and accelerate pico code processing running in a storage processor
US7472237B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method offloads processing from a networking processor operating in a storage environment. Three main functions are offloaded: semaphore processing, frame order processing, and timer processing. Offloading of semaphore processing enables ordered access to semaphores. Offloading of frame order processing enables the network processor to quickly transmit an incoming frame if the incoming frame is the next one in the frame order. Offloading of timer processing enables background checking of the timer list.
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