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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Kaushik Kuila, San Jose, CA (US);
David T. Hass, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ahmed Shahid, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kaushik Kuila, San Jose, CA (US);
David T. Hass, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ahmed Shahid, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/901 (2013.01); H04L 49/9021 (2013.01); H04L 49/9042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system of packet assembly is provided. The method includes providing a first packet descriptor. The first packet descriptor is a pointer-to-pointer (P2P) descriptor that includes pointer information. The method further includes retrieving a first pointer referenced by the pointer information of the first packet descriptor; providing the first pointer to a DMA engine; and using the DMA engine to retrieve packet data referenced by the first pointer.