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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPatrick L. Connor, Robert G. McVay
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Direct memory access (DMA) transfers to read data from memory are reduced by overlaying data into an immediate data space of a descriptor ring. The descriptor ring includes a context descriptor that points to the data overlaid into the immediate data space. This data space contains smaller blocks of data, such as header or control information for a packet/frame. The descriptor ring further includes scatter gather descriptors that point to data buffers outside of the descriptor ring. These data buffers contain larger blocks of data, such as payload data of the packet/frame. The scatter gather descriptor(s), context descriptor(s), and immediate data space(s) are arranged contiguously in the descriptor ring to allow the descriptor ring to be read in a single direct memory access (DMA) transfer or burst.
A method comprising:
The method of 1, further comprising reading the first subset of data from the data buffer after reading the contiguous arrangement of the first and second descriptors and the second set of data.
A method comprising:
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
An apparatus, comprising:
A method comprising:
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