Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

A reply descriptor for transmission over an I/O message passing medium in response to a corresponding request message, the descriptor comprises at least one indication field that can function as a `flag` to identify its type, and a content field; whereby a reply message is generated only if at least one predefined condition is not met and the content field will, accordingly, comprise information of that reply message's storage location. The content field to comprise data copied from the I/O request message if each predefined condition is met. A method of responding over an I/O message passing medium to a request message comprising the steps of: generating a reply message to the request message only if at least one predefined condition is not met; generating a reply descriptor having at least one indication field and a content field; whereby the content field comprises information of the reply message's storage location if so generated. Also, a program code on a computer readable storage medium comprising: a first program sub-code for generating a reply message to a corresponding I/O request message only if at least one predefined condition is not met. The first program sub-code comprising instructions for generating a reply descriptor having at least one indication field and a content field that comprises information of the reply message's storage location if said reply message is so generated.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim