Patent ID: 7181531
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to upload an offloaded network stack state object from a first path going from a peripheral device to a switch layer to a second path going from the peripheral device through a plurality of software layers of a network stack to the switch layer, the plurality of software layers including an intermediate layer, the network stack state object having at least one cached state variable and at least one delegated state variable, the method comprising the steps of: the peripheral device communicating a value of the delegated state variable to the intermediate layer, the value of the delegated state variable controlled by the peripheral device throughout the offload of the network state object; commanding the intermediate layer to take control of the at least one delegated state variable; and sending data through the second path based at least in part on the delegated state variable and a value of the cached state variable, the value of the cached state variable controlled by the intermediate layer throughout the offload of the network stack state object.