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US 2010/0061245 A1Published application
Altering operation of a network interface controller based on network traffic
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSteen Larsen
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Abstract
A method includes, at a network interface controller receiving packets from a network connection for a set of multiple coupled processors, distributing received packets to each of a first set of the processors. In response to determining the change in network traffic, operation of the network interface controller is altered to distribute packets to a second set of the processors
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- at a network interface controller receiving packets from a network connection for a set of multiple coupled processors:
- distributing received packets to each of a first set of the multiple coupled processors;
- determining a change in network traffic;
- in response to determining the change in network traffic, altering operation of the network interface controller to distribute packets to a second set of the multiple coupled processors, the first set of the multiple coupled processors have a different number of processors than the second set of the multiple coupled processors.
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A network interface controller comprising circuitry to:
- receive packets from a network connection for a set of multiple coupled processors;
- distribute received packets to each of a first set of the multiple coupled processors;
- determine a change in network traffic;
- in response to the determined change in network traffic, alter operation of the network interface controller to distribute packets a second set of the multiple coupled processors, the first set of the multiple coupled processors having a different number of processors than the second set of the multiple coupled processors.
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A method comprising:
- sending data to a network interface controller instructing the network interface controller to alter operation of the network interface controller to change distribution of received packets from each of a first set of multiple processors coupled to the network interface controller to each of a second set of multiple processors coupled to the network interface controller, the first set of multiple coupled processors having a different number of processors than the second set of the multiple coupled processors.
The method comprising:
- sending data to a network interface controller instructing the network interface controller to set a mode of the network interface controller from multiple modes of operation, the multiple modes of operation including a mode that alters operation of the network interface controller to change distribution of received packets from each of a first set of multiple processors coupled to the network interface controller to each of a second set of multiple processors coupled to the network interface controller, the first set of multiple coupled processors having a different number of processors than the second set of the multiple coupled processors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.