FIFO affinity for multiple ports
US9350658B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9005
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for shared buffer affinity for multiple ports. The mechanism configures a physical first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer with a plurality of FIFO segments associated with a plurality of network ports. The plurality of network ports share the physical FIFO buffer. The mechanism identifies a FIFO segment under stress within the plurality of FIFO segments. The mechanism reconfigures the physical FIFO buffer to assign a portion of buffer space from a FIFO segment not under stress within the plurality of FIFO segments to the FIFO segment under stress.
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