Patent ID: 7620046
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network interface controller, comprising: an interface to a media access controller to receive ingress packets from a network connection; at least one interface to multiple processors commonly served by the network interface controller; and circuitry to: wherein each of the multiple processors is associated with a different receive queue and transmit queue pair; wherein the table associating respective identifiers with respective ones of the multiple processors commonly served by the network interface controller comprises a table associating respective identifiers with respective receive queue and transmit queue pairs associated with the respective multiple processors; wherein enqueueing the respective ingress packet for receipt by a one of the multiple processors comprises enqueuing the respective ingress packet to a receive queue of the receive queue and transmit queue pair associated with the one of the multiple processors; and wherein egress packets from the multiple processors are in enqueued in a transmit queue of the receive queue and transmit queue pair associated with the one of the multiple processor.