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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Tracey Gustafson, Hudson, MA (US);
Pak-lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Gary Y. Tsao, Austin, TX (US);
Nai-chih Chang, Shrewbury, MA (US);
Victor Lau, Marlboro, MA (US);
Tracey Gustafson, Hudson, MA (US);
Pak-lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Gary Y. Tsao, Austin, TX (US);
Nai-Chih Chang, Shrewbury, MA (US);
Victor Lau, Marlboro, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a port having a plurality of lanes, a plurality of protocol engines. Each protocol engine is associated with one of the plurality of lanes, and processes tasks to be forwarded to a plurality of remote nodes. The apparatus also includes a first port task scheduler (PTS) to manage the tasks to be forwarded to the one or more of the plurality of protocol engines. The first PTS includes a register to indicate which of the plurality of protocol engines the first PTS is to support.