Patent ID: 8898222

Claim:
A data processing system comprising: a memory having computer usable program instructions for processing a STREAMS messages over a system area network encoded thereon; a bus connecting the memory to a processor; and a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code: to receive a STREAMS message from a STREAMS based application; to encapsulate the STREAMS message in a Post Send Request Infiniband verb for use on the system area network to create an encapsulated STREAMS message; to append a STREAMS identifier header onto the Post Send Request Infiniband verb; to forward the encapsulated STREAMS message to a streams interface layer; and to forward the encapsulated STREAMS message to a host channel adapter of the system area network; wherein the STREAMS message is not passed through either of a Transport Interface STREAMS module or a X/Open Transport Interface over Sockets STREAMS module.