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 |
US7103064(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.09.05 |
申请号 |
US20040757711 |
申请日期 |
2004.01.14 |
申请人 |
NEXTIO INC. |
发明人 |
PETTEY CHRISTOPHER J.;KHAN ASIF;PAGAN ANNETTE;PEKKALA RICHARD E.;UTLEY ROBERT HASKELL |
分类号 |
H04L12/66;G06F13/14;H04L12/56 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/66 |
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