发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED I/O IN A LOAD/STORE FABRIC |
摘要 |
An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.
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申请公布号 |
US2007025354(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2007.02.01 |
申请号 |
US20060379264 |
申请日期 |
2006.04.19 |
申请人 |
NEXTIO INC. |
发明人 |
PETTEY CHRISTOPHER J.;PEKKALA RICHARD E.;KHAN ASIF;PAGAN ANNETTE;UTLEY ROBERT H. |
分类号 |
H04L12/56;G06F13/00;G06F13/12 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/56 |
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