| US 7,478,139 B2 | ||
| Shared resource support for internet protocol | ||
| Frances C. Garofalo, Woodstock, N.Y. (US); Jeffrey D. Haggar, Holly Springs, N.C. (US); Bruce H. Ratcliff, Red Hook, N.Y. (US); and Stephen R. Valley, Valatie, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 29, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/134,555. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0010624 A1, Jan. 15, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—215 [709/245; 709/250] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method for communicating with devices on a LAN for use in a data processing system having a processor, a memory connected
to said processor, said memory having at least one partition having an operating system for execution by said processor and
at least one application, and an adapter connected to said processor and capable of being connected to the LAN, said adapter
having a MAC address unique in the LAN, said method comprising:
creating an OS stack in said memory by said operating system for use by an application for sending and receiving data;
maintaining in a unique identifier pool in said adapter, values of unique identifiers identifying OS stacks in partitions
in said memory;
sending from said operating system, a first create request to said adapter asking said adapter to assign a unique identifier
to the OS stack created by said operating system;
combining by said adapter, the next available value with its LAN unique MAC address and assigning it to said created OS stack
as its unique identifier and returning the unique identifier to the operating system for use by said application for sending
and receiving data;
sending a delete request to said adapter when the operating system removes an OS stack, said delete request including the
unique identifier assigned to the OS stack to be deleted; and
making the value for the identifier in the delete request available responsive to its receipt of the delete request; and
sending from said operating system, a second create request to said adapter asking said, adapter to assign the same identifier
to the OS stack that was previously assigned before the identifier was deleted by the delete request.
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