Driver level segmentation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9077751
APP PUB NO 20100135324A1
SERIAL NO

12513132

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A method for performing segmentation of a first data packet into a plurality of second data packets at a functionality of a device driver for a network interface device supported by a data processing system, each second data packet comprising a header and a segment of data from the first data packet and the network interface device being capable of supporting a communication link over a network with another network interface device, the method comprising: accepting the first data packet, the first data packet carrying data for transmission by the network interface device over the network; forming a set of headers for the plurality of second data packets; writing the set of headers to memory; forming a specification, the specification indicating the headers in memory and the segments of data in the first data packet; requesting by means of the device driver transmission by the network interface device of the headers and the respective segments of data indicated in the specification so as to effect transmission of the second data packets over the network.

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  • SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pope, Steven L Costa Mesa, US 72 1185
Riddoch, David J Huntingdon, GB 73 1011

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