| US 7,502,826 B2 | ||
| Atomic operations | ||
| Dwight L Barron, Houston, Tex. (US); and Jeffrey R. Hilland, Cypress, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 27, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/401,233. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0193734 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—205 [709/223; 709/250; 709/238; 709/225] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A network interface card (“NIC”) comprising:
an atomic operation logic processing device to: receive from a requester a packet that contains a request to perform an atomic
operation; determine that the atomic operation is being requested; and respond to the requester to indicate the atomic operation
has been performed if the packet that contains the request to perform an atomic operation comprises a value indicating a response
should be sent.
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