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Method and apparatus for classifying a network protocol and aligning a network protocol header relative to cache line boundary

  • US 20060104268A1
  • Filed: 11/15/2004
  • Published: 05/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for routing information in a payload of a first network protocol, which payload includes header information for a second network protocol, comprising:

  • a network interface that is coupled to a network for communicating therewith a packet;

    a memory for storing information;

    a circuit block configured to perform the steps of;

    determining a first type for the first network protocol and a second type for the second network protocol based on information in the packet; and

    storing into the memory classification data that indicates a unique combination of the first type and the second type;

    one or more processors; and

    one or more sequences of instructions in a computer-readable medium, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to carry out the step of routing the packet based at least in part on the second network protocol without performing the step of determining the first type and the second type based on information in the packet, thereby omitting processor clock cycles that would otherwise be consumed in determining the first type and the second type.

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