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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 01, 2003
Paul Allen Ganfield, Rochester, MN (US);
Kent Harold Haselhorst, Byron, MN (US);
Kerry Christopher Imming, Rochester, MN (US);
John David Irish, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Allen Ganfield, Rochester, MN (US);
Kent Harold Haselhorst, Byron, MN (US);
Kerry Christopher Imming, Rochester, MN (US);
John David Irish, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing packet command instructions for network processing. A set of packet commands is provided. Each packet command defines a corresponding packet operation. A command from the set of packet commands is issued to perform the defined corresponding packet operation. A packet buffer structure hardware is provided for performing one or more predefined packet manipulation functions responsive to the issued command.