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System and method for receive queue provisioning

  • US 8,031,729 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2008
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A local network node, comprising:

  • a local consumer operatively coupled to a network interface card (NIC) interface via a verb interface,wherein the NIC interface is operatively coupled to a network that connects the local consumer with remote consumers at remote network nodes using multiple connections,wherein the consumer communicates with a particular remote consumer at a particular remote network node using a first connection and a second connection,wherein the NIC interface providesa first queue pair (QP) associated with the first connection,a second QP associated with the second connection, anda shared receive queue (SRQ) shared by the first QP and the second QP,wherein a watermark indicates a low level of work queue elements (WQEs) on the SRQ, andwherein an out-of-order WQE limit is associated with the SRQ.

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