Method and device for processing management information
OwnerWen-Jie Chianginventor
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Abstract
A method and a device for processing management information is disclosed. Firstly, a plurality of data packets are received from a network. Then, a plurality of management information data are generated in response to the plurality of data packets. Then, a control packet is generated according to the plurality of management information data. Afterwards, the control packet is transmitted to a driver by putting the control packet into the data packets.
Claims20
A method for processing management information comprising steps of:
- receiving a plurality of data packets from a network;
- generating a plurality of management information data in response to said plurality of data packets;
- generating a control packet according to said plurality of management information data;
- and
- transmitting said control packet to a driver by putting said control packet into said data packets.
A method for transmitting management information data from a network interface device to a network communication protocol layer, said management information data being generated in response to data packets received by said network interface device, said method comprising steps of:
- generating a control packet from one of said management information data when said one management information data has a count exceeding a threshold value;
- putting said control packet into data packets to be transmitted by said network interface device;
- and
- transmitting said control packet out of said network interface device along with said data packets, and storing said control packet in a main memory by using said direct memory access to be accessible by said network communication protocol layer.
A media access controller for transmitting data between a network and a computer, comprising:
- a plurality of management information base counters for generating a plurality of management information data in response to a plurality of data packets received from said network;
- a control packet generator for generating a control packet according to said plurality of management information data;
- and
- a direct memory access engine storing said control packet in a main memory of said computer and putting said control packet into said data packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.