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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2013
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Diego Crupnicoff, Buenos Aires, AR;
Todd Wilde, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Graham, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael Kagan, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A network interface device for a host computer includes a network interface, configured to transmit and receive data packets to and from a network. Packet processing logic transfers data to and from the data packets transmitted and received via the network interface by direct memory access (DMA) from and to a system memory of the host computer. A memory controller includes a first memory interface configured to be connected to the system memory and a second memory interface, configured to be connected to a host complex of the host computer. Switching logic alternately couples the first memory interface to the packet processing logic in a DMA configuration and to the second memory interface in a pass-through configuration.