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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denton E. Gentry, Jr., Fremont, CA (US);
Linda T. Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
Abstract
A network interface is polled by a process operating on a host computer system. Each time the network interface is polled the process determines whether any packets have been transferred to the host. If so, they are processed. Interrupts that would normally be issued from the network interface in response to the transfer of packets are suppressed or postponed during the polling mode of operation. If, however, a predetermined period of time has elapsed or a predetermined number of packets have been transferred since a previous poll or a previous interrupt, then an interrupt may be generated.