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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2007
Applicants:

Thomas A. Maufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Paul J. Gyugyi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sameer Nanda, San Jose, CA (US);

Paul J. Sidenblad, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas A. Maufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Paul J. Gyugyi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sameer Nanda, San Jose, CA (US);

Paul J. Sidenblad, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for packet processing by re-insertion into network interface circuitry. A method for handling a burst of packets sent to network interface circuitry includes checking for a connection table entry for received packets, and responsive to non-existence of the connection table entry for the received packets, sending the packets to network interface software for processing. The network interface software processing includes: building the connection table entry; processing the packets; and sending the packets as processed to the network interface circuitry. Additionally, a method for re-inserting a packet responsive to an active audit mode is described.


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