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Arrangement for instigating work in a channel adapter based on received address information and stored context information

  • US 6,742,075 B1
  • Filed: 12/03/2001
  • Issued: 05/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a host channel adapter, the method comprising:

  • storing a queue pair context entry that specifies, for a corresponding queue pair, queue pair attributes including a corresponding notification address;

    detecting a work notification for a work descriptor and that is written to a destination address;

    identifying the queue pair context entry corresponding to the work descriptor based on a match between the destination address and the corresponding notification address; and

    servicing the work descriptor based on the queue pair attributes specified in the identified queue pair context entry.

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