| 摘要 |
A method according to one embodiment includes the operations of configuring a primary receive queue to designate a first plurality of buffers; configuring a secondary receive queue to designate a second plurality of buffers, wherein said primary receive queue is sized to accommodate a first network traffic data rate and said secondary receive queue is sized to provide additional accommodation for burst network traffic data rates; selecting a buffer from said primary receive queue, if said primary receive queue has buffers available, otherwise selecting a buffer from said secondary receive queue; transferring data from a network controller to said selected buffer; indicating that said transferring to said selected buffer is complete; reading said data from said selected buffer; and returning said selected buffer, after said reading is complete, to said primary receive queue if said primary receive queue has space available for the selected buffer, otherwise returning said selected buffer to said secondary receive queue. |
