公开(公告)号：US09594706B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-14

申请号：US14326381

申请日：2014-07-08

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Rick Bouley

IPC: G06F13/28 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/10

CPC classification number: G06F13/28 ,  G06F12/1081 ,  G06F13/1663 ,  G06F13/4221

Abstract: A Island-Based Network Flow Processor (IBNFP) includes a memory and a processor located on a first island, a Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller located on a second island, and an Interlaken Look-Aside (ILA) interface circuit and an interface circuit located on a third island. A search key data set including multiple search keys is stored in the memory. A descriptor is generated by the processor and is sent to the DMA controller, which generates a search key data request, receives the search key data set, and selects a single search key. The ILA interface circuit receives the search key, generates and ILA packet including the search key that is sent to an external transactional memory device that generates a result data value. The DMA controller receives the result data value via the ILA interface circuit, writes the result data value to the memory, and sends a DMA completion notification.

Abstract translation: 基于岛屿的网络流处理器（IBNFP）包括位于第一岛上的存储器和处理器，位于第二岛上的直接存储器访问（DMA）控制器，以及Interlaken Look-Aside（ILA）接口电路和接口 电路位于第三个岛上。 包括多个搜索键的搜索关键数据集存储在存储器中。 描述符由处理器生成，并被发送到DMA控制器，其产生搜索关键字数据请求，接收搜索关键字数据集，并选择单个搜索关键字。 ILA接口电路接收搜索关键字，生成包含发送到产生结果数据值的外部事务存储器件的搜索关键字的ILA分组。 DMA控制器通过ILA接口电路接收结果数据值，将结果数据值写入存储器，并发送DMA完成通知。

公开(公告)号：US09584637B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14184455

申请日：2014-02-19

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Ron Lamar Swartzentruber ,  Steven W. Zagorianakos ,  Gavin J. Stark

IPC: H04L12/879 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/863 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/861

CPC classification number: H04L69/324 ,  H04L47/34 ,  H04L47/50 ,  H04L49/901 ,  H04L49/9057 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: Circuitry to provide in-order packet delivery. A packet descriptor including a sequence number is received. It is determined in which of three ranges the sequence number resides. Depending, at least in part, on the range in which the sequence number resides it is determined if the packet descriptor is to be communicated to a scheduler which causes an associated packet to be transmitted. If the sequence number resides in a first “flush” range, all associated packet descriptors are output. If the sequence number resides in a second “send” range, only the received packet descriptor is output. If the sequence number resides in a third “store and reorder” range and the sequence number is the next in-order sequence number the packet descriptor is output; if the sequence number is not the next in-order sequence number the packet descriptor is stored in a buffer and a corresponding valid bit is set.

Abstract translation: 电路提供按顺序分组传送。 接收包括序列号的分组描述符。 确定序列号所在的三个范围中的哪一个。 至少部分地依赖于序列号所在的范围，确定分组描述符是否被传送到导致相关分组被发送的调度器。 如果序列号位于第一个“刷新”范围内，则输出所有关联的数据包描述符。 如果序列号位于第二个“发送”范围内，则仅输出接收到的包描述符。 如果序列号位于第三个“存储和重新排序”范围，并且序列号是下一个顺序序列号，则输出数据包描述符; 如果序列号不是下一个顺序序列号，则分组描述符被存储在缓冲器中并且相应的有效位被置位。

公开(公告)号：US09535851B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US14172856

申请日：2014-02-04

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark ,  Rolf Neugebauer

IPC: G06F12/10 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F13/38

CPC classification number: G06F9/467 ,  G06F12/109 ,  G06F13/385 ,  G06F2212/151 ,  G06F2212/657 ,  G06F2213/0026

Abstract: A transactional memory receives a command, where the command includes an address and a novel DAT (Do Address Translation) bit. If the DAT bit is set and if the transactional memory is enabled to do address translations and if the command is for an access (read or write) of a memory of the transactional memory, then the transactional memory performs an address translation operation on the address of the command. Parameters of the address translation are programmable and are set up before the command is received. In one configuration, certain bits of the incoming address are deleted, and other bits are shifted in bit position, and a base address is ORed in, and a padding bit is added, thereby generating the translated address. The resulting translated address is then used to access the memory of the transactional memory to carry out the command.

Abstract translation: 事务存储器接收命令，其中命令包括地址和小写的DAT（地址转换）位。 如果DAT位被设置，并且事务存储器被使能以进行地址转换，并且如果该命令用于访问（读或写）事务存储器的存储器，则事务存储器对该地址进行地址转换操作 的命令。 地址转换的参数是可编程的，并在接收到命令之前设置。 在一种配置中，输入地址的某些比特被删除，并且其他比特在比特位置被移位，并且基地址被加入，并且添加一个填充比特，从而生成翻译的地址。 然后，所得到的转换地址用于访问事务存储器的存储器以执行命令。

公开(公告)号：US09519484B1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-13

申请号：US14530764

申请日：2014-11-02

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark

IPC: G06F9/38

CPC classification number: G06F9/383 ,  G06F9/30043 ,  G06F9/30047 ,  G06F9/30069 ,  G06F9/30072 ,  G06F9/30145 ,  G06F9/32

Abstract: A multi-processor includes a pool of processors and a common packet buffer memory. Bytes of packet data of a packet are stored in the packet buffer memory. Each processor has an intelligent packet data register file. One processor is tasked with processing the packet, and its packet data register file caches a subset of the bytes. If the register file detects a packet data prefetch trigger condition, and it does not store some of the bytes in a prefetch window, then it prefetches the bytes before such bytes are required in the execution of a subsequent instruction. The processor has instructions that configure the prefetching, that enable such prefetching, and that disable such prefetching in certain ways.

Abstract translation: 多处理器包括处理器池和公共包缓冲存储器。 分组的分组数据的字节存储在分组缓冲存储器中。 每个处理器都有一个智能包数据寄存器文件。 一个处理器的任务是处理分组，并且其分组数据寄存器文件缓存一个字节的子集。 如果寄存器文件检测到分组数据预取触发条件，并且它不在预取窗口中存储一些字节，则在执行后续指令之前需要这些字节之前预取字节。 处理器具有配置预取的指令，这些指令启用这种预取，并且以某些方式禁用这种预取。

公开(公告)号：US09519482B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-13

申请号：US14311225

申请日：2014-06-20

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark

IPC: G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/38

CPC classification number: G06F9/30069 ,  G06F9/30072 ,  G06F9/30094 ,  G06F9/30145 ,  G06F9/3802 ,  G06F9/3867

Abstract: A pipelined run-to-completion processor can decode three instructions in three consecutive clock cycles, and can also execute the instructions in three consecutive clock cycles. The first instruction causes the ALU to generate a value which is then loaded due to execution of the first instruction into a register of a register file. The second instruction accesses the register and loads the value into predicate bits in a register file read stage. The predicate bits are loaded in the very next clock cycle following the clock cycle in which the second instruction was decoded. The third instruction is a conditional instruction that uses the values of the predicate bits as a predicate code to determine a predicate function. If a predicate condition (as determined by the predicate function as applied to flags) is true then an instruction operation of the third instruction is carried out, otherwise it is not carried out.

Abstract translation: 流水线运行到完成处理器可以在三个连续的时钟周期中解码三条指令，并且还可以在三个连续的时钟周期内执行指令。 第一条指令使得ALU产生一个值，该值由于执行第一条指令而被加载到寄存器文件的寄存器中。 第二条指令访问寄存器，并将值加载到寄存器文件读取阶段的谓词位。 谓词位在第二条指令被解码的时钟周期之后的下一个时钟周期中被加载。 第三条指令是使用谓词位的值作为谓词代码来确定谓词函数的条件指令。 如果谓词条件（由标记的谓词函数确定）为真，则执行第三条指令的指令操作，否则不执行。

公开(公告)号：US09465651B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US14151677

申请日：2014-01-09

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark ,  Steven W. Zagorianakos

IPC: G06F9/46

CPC classification number: G06F9/467

Abstract: A remote processor interacts with a transactional memory that has a memory, local BWC (Byte-Wise Compare) resources, and local NFA (Non-deterministic Finite Automaton) engine resources. The processor causes a byte stream to be transferred into the transactional memory and into the memory. The processor then uses the BWC circuit to find a character signature in the byte stream. The processor obtains information about the character signature from the BWC circuit, and based on the information uses the NFA engine to process the byte stream starting at a byte position determined based at least in part on the results of the BWC circuit. From the time the byte stream is initially written into the transactional memory until the time the NFA engine completes, the byte stream is not read out of the transactional memory.

Abstract translation: 远程处理器与具有内存，本地BWC（Byte-Wise Compare）资源和本地NFA（非确定性有限自动机）引擎资源的事务内存进行交互。 处理器使得字节流被传送到事务存储器并进入存储器。 然后，处理器使用BWC电路在字节流中找到字符签名。 处理器从BWC电路获得关于字符签名的信息，并且基于该信息使用NFA引擎来处理从至少部分基于BWC电路的结果确定的字节位置开始的字节流。 从字节流最初写入事务存储器直到NFA引擎完成时，字节流不会从事务存储器中读出。

公开(公告)号：US09417916B1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-16

申请号：US14530763

申请日：2014-11-02

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark

IPC: G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/50

CPC classification number: G06F9/3869 ,  G06F9/30043 ,  G06F9/30047 ,  G06F9/30069 ,  G06F9/3012 ,  G06F9/30149 ,  G06F9/32 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/383 ,  G06F15/76

Abstract: A multi-processor includes a pool of processors and a common packet buffer memory. Bytes of packet data of a packet are stored in the packet buffer memory. Each processor has an intelligent packet data register file. One processor is tasked with processing the packet, and its packet data register file caches a subset of the bytes. Some instructions when executed require that the packet data register file supply the execute stage of the processor with certain bytes of the packet data. The register file detects a packet data prefetch trigger condition, and in response determines if it does not store some of the bytes in a prefetch window. If it does not, then it retrieves those bytes from the packet buffer memory, so that it then has all the bytes in the prefetch window. In one example, a subsequently executed instruction uses the prefetched packet data.

Abstract translation: 多处理器包括处理器池和公共包缓冲存储器。 分组的分组数据的字节存储在分组缓冲存储器中。 每个处理器都有一个智能包数据寄存器文件。 一个处理器的任务是处理分组，并且其分组数据寄存器文件缓存一个字节的子集。 执行时的一些指令要求分组数据寄存器文件以分组数据的特定字节提供处理器的执行级。 寄存器文件检测分组数据预取触发条件，并且响应确定它是否在预取窗口中不存储一些字节。 如果没有，则从包缓冲存储器中检索这些字节，以便它在预取窗口中具有所有字节。 在一个示例中，随后执行的指令使用预取的分组数据。

公开(公告)号：US09348778B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-24

申请号：US14631748

申请日：2015-02-25

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gavin J. Stark

IPC: G06F13/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F9/34 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F7/10 ,  G06F12/00

CPC classification number: G06F13/287 ,  G06F7/10 ,  G06F9/34 ,  G06F9/467 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/4234 ,  G06F17/30 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y02D10/151

Abstract: A transactional memory (TM) receives a lookup command across a bus from a processor. The command includes a memory address, a starting bit position, and a mask size. In response to the command, the TM pulls an input value (IV). The memory address is used to read a word containing multiple result values (RVs) and multiple key values from memory. Each key value indicates a single RV to be output by the TM. A selecting circuit within the TM uses the starting bit position and mask size to select a portion of the IV. The portion of the IV is a key selector value. A key value is selected based upon the key selector value. A RV is selected based upon the key value. The key value is selected by a key selection circuit. The RV is selected by a result value selection circuit.

公开(公告)号：US09331906B1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-03

申请号：US14551057

申请日：2014-11-23

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Jason Scott McMullan ,  Trevor William Patrie ,  Peter Liudmilov Djalaliev ,  Roelof Nico Du Toit

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F12/16 ,  G08B23/00

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45595 ,  H04L12/6418 ,  H04L63/0807 ,  H04L67/025

Abstract: A device has physical network interface port through which a user can monitor and configure the device. A backend process and a virtual machine (VM) execute on a host operating system (OS). A front end user interface process executes on the VM, and is therefore compartmentalized in the VM. There is no front end user interface executing on the host OS outside the VM. The only management access channel into the device is via a first communication path through the physical network interface port, to the VM, up the VM's stack, and to the front end process. If the backend process is to be instructed to take an action, then the front end process forwards an application layer instruction to the backend process via a second communication path. The instruction passes down the VM stack, across a virtual secure network link, up the host stack, and to the backend process.

Abstract translation: 设备具有物理网络接口端口，用户可以通过该端口监视和配置设备。 后台进程和虚拟机（VM）在主机操作系统（OS）上执行。 前端用户界面进程在VM上执行，因此在VM中进行分区。 在VM外部的主机操作系统上没有执行前端用户界面。 设备中唯一的管理访问通道是通过物理网络接口端口，VM，VM堆栈以及前端进程的第一通信路径。 如果要指示后端进程采取行动，则前端进程通过第二通信路径将应用层指令转发到后端进程。 该指令通过虚拟机堆栈，跨虚拟安全网络链接，主机堆栈以及后端进程传递。

公开(公告)号：US20160099881A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-07

申请号：US14507643

申请日：2014-10-06

Applicant: Netronome Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Ron Lamar Swartzentruber

IPC: H04L12/823 ,  H04L12/861 ,  H04L12/865

CPC classification number: H04L49/9084

Abstract: A method for receiving a packet descriptor including a priority indicator and a queue number indicating a queue stored within a first memory unit, storing a packet associated with the packet descriptor in a second memory, determining a first amount of free memory in the first memory unit, determining if the first amount of free memory is above a threshold value, writing the packet from the second memory to a third memory when the first amount of memory is above the threshold value and the priority indicator is equal to a first value, not writing the packet from the second memory unit to the third memory unit if the first amount of memory is below the threshold value or when the priority indicator is equal to a second value. The priority indicator is equal to a first value for high priority packets and a second value for low priority packets.

Abstract translation: 一种用于接收包括优先级指示符和指示存储在第一存储器单元内的队列的队列号的分组描述符的方法，将与所述分组描述符相关联的分组存储在第二存储器中，确定所述第一存储器单元中的第一空闲存储器量 当所述第一存储器容量高于所述阈值并且所述优先级指示符等于第一值时，确定所述第一数量的可用存储器是否高于阈值，将所述第二存储器的数据包写入第三存储器， 如果第一存储器量低于阈值或当优先级指示符等于第二值时，从第二存储器单元到第三存储器单元的分组。 优先级指示符等于高优先级数据包的第一个值，低优先级数据包的第二个值。