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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Kurt Thomas Boden, Strangas, SE;
Jakob Carlstrom, Uppsala, SE;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A network processor includes an arbitration device, a processing device, and a pipeline. The arbitration device receives a first packet and a second packet. The second packet includes a first control message. The pipeline includes access devices, where the access devices include first and second access devices. The pipeline, based on a clock signal, forwards the first and second packets between successive ones of the access devices. The arbitration device: sets a timer based on at least one of (i) an amount of time for data to travel between the first and second access devices, or (ii) a number of pipeline stages between the first and second access devices; adjusts a variable based on (i) the clock signal, and (ii) transmission of the first packet from the arbitration device to the pipeline; and based on the timer and the variable, schedules transmission of the second packet through the pipeline.