Re:Turtles on the Wire: Understanding How the OS Uses the Mo...
by dom0 on Sunday April 02, 2017 @06:05PM
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> For example, does A/D conversion take place until all of the packet information is converted, then the whole binary blob is enframed as a header and a packet
The "A/D stage" only gives off a stream of bytes, so something similar to a state machine will be used to separate it into packets that are then further processed.
That doesn't mean you have to wait for a whole packet to come through, though. E.g. a switch (or router) could start to forward the packet as soon as it sees the destination address.
The "A/D stage" only gives off a stream of bytes, so something similar to a state machine will be used to separate it into packets that are then further processed.
That doesn't mean you have to wait for a whole packet to come through, though. E.g. a switch (or router) could start to forward the packet as soon as it sees the destination address.