Patent ID: 7496689
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: (a) fast-path receive circuitry that is in control of a first plurality of TCP/IP connections, a first TCP/IP packet associated with one of the first plurality of TCP/IP connections being received onto the fast-path circuitry from a network, the fast-path receive circuitry comprising: (b) a processor that executes a protocol processing stack, the protocol processing stack being in control of a second plurality of TCP/IP connections, wherein TCP/IP packets associated with the second plurality of TCP/IP connections are received onto the fast-path circuitry from the network, the protocol processing stack performing TCP protocol processing on the TCP/IP packets associated with the second plurality of TCP/IP connections, and wherein other TCP/IP packets associated with the first plurality of TCP/IP connections are received onto the fast-path circuitry from the network, the protocol stack performing substantially no TCP protocol processing on the other TCP/IP packets associated with the second plurality of TCP/IP connections.