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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for use in a computing device, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processor of the computing device, an indication of a pool of exchange numbers, the indication of the pool of exchange numbers being obtained from a host bus adapter (HBA) of the computing device; pre-mapping each of a plurality of first slots in a driver memory of the computing device to the pool of exchange numbers, wherein pre-mapping each of the plurality of first slots includes updating a first data structure to map each of the plurality of first slots to a respective one of the exchange numbers in the pool; and using, by the processor, the plurality of first slots to execute one or more exchanges that involve the HBA, the exchanges being initiated after the pre-mapping is performed.