Patent ID: 6938094
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for routing packets among a plurality of nodes in a computer system, the method comprising: receiving a first control packet in a first node of said plurality of nodes, said first node comprising a plurality of control packet buffers, each of said plurality of control packet buffers assigned to a different one of a plurality of virtual channels; determining a first virtual channel of said plurality of virtual channels to which said first control packet belongs; storing said first control packet in a first control packet buffer of said plurality of control packet buffers, said first control packet buffer assigned to said first virtual channel; receiving a first data packet specified by said first control packet; and storing said first data packet in a first data buffer of a plurality of data buffers within said first node, each of said plurality of data buffers assigned to a different one of said plurality of virtual channels which includes at least one control packet which specifies a corresponding data packet.