Patent ID: 7603429
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for network communication, comprising: coupling a network adapter between a client device and a network; storing context information in first and second cache memories of the network adapter with respect to a plurality of transport service instances for use in sending and receiving data packets over the network via the adapter, the first and second cache memories being configured to store respective first and second portions of the context information for each of the transport service instances, such that each of the transport service instances is allocated a substantially equal part of the first cache memory for the first portion of its context information, while the part of the second cache memory allocated to each of the transport service instances for the second portion of its context information varies responsive to a respective characteristic of each of the transport services instances; and processing messages sent over the network to and from the client device via the network adapter using the transport service instances, responsive to the context information stored in the first and second cache memories.