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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Hemanta K. Dutta, Austin, TX (US);
Seeta Hariharan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yanping Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Hemanta K. Dutta, Austin, TX (US);
Seeta Hariharan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yanping Wang, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method processing packets for network processor applications. The method includes receiving a packet at an ingress connector of a docking platform from a network processor application, wherein the ingress connector is not specific to the network processor application. The method also includes processing the packet by a PPA shell, the PPA shell comprising a plurality of interfaces between the docking platform and the network processor application, where the plurality of interfaces is not specific to the network processor application, and where the processing comprises invoking at least one of a plurality of functions utilizing one of the plurality of interfaces, wherein the plurality of functions is specific to the network processor application.