Patent ID: 8041854
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a computing system, comprising: retrieving a descriptor, in an input-output device, in response to the input-output device receiving a wake-up signal, populating a flow table with a plurality of entries in the input-output device, wherein the plurality of entries is generated using steering values, wherein the steering values are generated using a first data unit directly read from a cache coupled to a processing core provided within a socket, wherein the cache is identified by the descriptor, storing a second data unit, received over a network, directly into the cache, wherein the cache is identified by the steering values, generating an interrupt signal directed to the processing core, wherein the processing core is identified using the steering values, and retrieving the second data unit in response to receiving the interrupt signal, wherein the second data unit is steered to the processing core, processing an application, based on the steering values.