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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2005
Applicant:

David C. Somayajulu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Inventor:

David C. Somayajulu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Assignee:

QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and system for managing transmit descriptors (TDs) for transmitting information over a network connection is provided. The method includes, allocating a minimum number of TDs to plural network connections at any given time; and determining an additional number of TDs for allocation to plural network connections, wherein the additional number of TDs is based on network traffic. The system includes a computing system with an operating system, a system memory and a network device driver; and a network adapter coupled to the computing system, wherein the operating system checks for availability of data for transmission over a plurality of network connections; and the network device driver allocates a minimum number of transmit descriptors (TDs) to the plural network connections at any given time; and determines an additional number of TDs for allocation to the plural network connections, wherein the additional number of TDs is based on network traffic.


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