Patent ID: 9588928
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving a packet ready command from a memory system via a bus and onto a network interface circuit, wherein the packet ready command includes a multicast value; (b) determining a communication mode as a function of the multicast value, wherein the multicast value indicates a plurality of packets are to be communicated to a plurality of destinations by the network interface circuit, and wherein each of the plurality of packets are unique; (c) outputting a free packet command from the network interface circuit onto the bus, wherein the free packet command includes a Free On Last Transfer (FOLT) value, wherein the FOLT value indicates that the packets are to be freed from the memory system by the network interface circuit after the packets are communicated to the network interface circuit, and wherein (a) through (c) is performed by the network interface circuit.