Patent ID: 6125399
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer system including a plurality of processing nodes interconnected by a message transfer network, each node comprising:an instruction processor;a transmit circuit to transmit messages to other processing nodes through the message transfer network, each said message comprising a header part and a data part, the header part having distinguishing fields that are used to distinguish messages;a memory storage;a plurality of postings in said memory storage, each posting comprising message specification fields corresponding to each distinguishing field of a message header part, the message specification fields selectively matching the distinguishing fields of a message, each posting further comprising a posted control field, said posted control field being used to control the operation of a receive circuit with respect to a message matching the posting; anda receive circuit comprising:receive means to receive messages sent by other processing nodes through the message transfer network,search means, that upon receiving a message, searches for and locates from among a plurality of postings a posting having message specification fields that match corresponding distinguishing fields of said message being received, andreceive control means, that upon locating a posting, uses said posted control field of said posting to control the operation of the receive circuit with respect to said message being received and to route said message being received to a destination defined in said posted control field.