Notifying network applications of receive overflow conditions
US8036127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/42
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for notifying a packet destination that includes receiving a packet by a network interface card (NIC), where the packet destination is a destination of the packet, classifying the packet, forwarding the packet to one of a plurality of receive rings on the NIC, determining whether the one of the plurality of receive rings comprises space to store the packet, dropping the packet if the receive ring does not comprise the space to store the packet, and sending a notification message to the packet destination, where the notification message indicates that the packet was dropped by the receive ring.
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