[ixp1200] receiving frm same port

[Yitzchak M. Gottlieb]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, nitin  makhija wrote:

> Can anyone tell me tht involving more than one microengine ( 5-8 threads ) to
> receive pkt's from the same mac port is correct

Yes, it is possible to have more than one thread (even if they are on separate
microengines) service a particular port.  This is the strategy of the
Libixprouter <http://www.cs.princeton.edu/nsg/vera> and (I think) of the Intel
reference design.

Zuki

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Yitzchak Gottlieb
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