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Method and apparatus for implementing work request lists

  • US 7,757,232 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2003
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus that employs a work request list to access a memory device, the apparatus comprising:

  • the memory device that is adapted to be accessed by a remote network interface;

    an upper layer protocol that generates the work request list comprising a plurality of work requests, the work request list having an attribute that indicates the number of the plurality of work requests in the work request list wherein each of the plurality of work requests is enqueued as a work queue element, and wherein each of a plurality of work queue elements is retrieved with fewer I/O cycles than individual retrieval of work requests; and

    an interface that is adapted to receive the work request list and individually enqueue the plurality of work requests;

    wherein the interface is adapted to ring a doorbell upon enqueuing all of the plurality of work requests.

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