Method and apparatus for operating a network controller

Details Method and apparatus for operating a network controller Method and apparatus for operating a network controller

2001-10-05

2004-08-17

Fleming, Fritz (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Input/output access regulation

C710S260000, C712S220000, C709S241000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06779054

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND
1. Field
This disclosure relates to networking devices and networking device drivers.
2. Background Information
Networks are typically constructed by coupling two or more computers to a data transmission medium, such as category 5 (CAT-5) networking cabling. These computers typically access the transmission medium through an input/output (I/O) device, such as a network interface card (NIC), and, typically, I/O device drivers control I/O devices. I/O devices typically operate within one or more layers of a protocol stack, and typically, a layer has one or more associated peer layers. I/O devices typically have a limited amount of resources available for transmitting data to a network. A need exists for a method to increase the efficiency of transmitting resources of an I/O device.


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