Patent ID: 8929376
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving incoming packet information onto an island-based network flow processor (IB-NFP) integrated circuit and into a first island of the IB-NFP integrated circuit, wherein the IB-NFP integrated circuit comprises the first island, a second island, and a third island, wherein the IB-NFP has an amount of a processing resource available to the first island for handling the incoming packet information; (b) generating an event packet on the first island based at least in part on the amount of the processing resource; (c) communicating the event packet from the first island to the second island via a local event ring; (d) receiving the event packet on the second island via the local event ring and in response sending a first communication from the second island to the third island, wherein the first communication is communicated across a data bus of the IB-NFP integrated circuit; and (e) receiving the first communication onto the third island via the data bus and in response sending a second communication from the third island to the first island, wherein the second communication is communicated across the data bus, and wherein the second communication causes an increasing in the amount of the processing resource that is available to the first island for handling incoming packet information.