Appeal No. 96-1229
Application 08/104,819
(b) a second data processing node, including second
memory means for holding a second queue of messages,
and
(c) an inter-node network interconnecting said first
data processing node to said second data processing
node,
(d) said first data processing node further comprising:
(i) first tail pointer means for pointing to a tail
location in said first queue of messages,
(ii) first head pointer means for pointing to a head
location in said second queue of messages,
(iii) first message send means for using said first
tail pointer means to write a message, destined
for said second data processing node, into said
tail location in said first queue of messages,
and
(iv) first message receive means for performing a
remote read of said second memory means, by way
of said inter-node network, using said first
head pointer means, to read a message from said
head location in said second queue of messages,
and
(e) said second data processing node further comprising:
(i) second tail pointer means for pointing to a
tail location in said second queue of messages,
(ii) second head pointer means for pointing to a
head location in said first queue of messages,
(iii) second message send means for using said
second tail pointer means to write a message,
destined for said first data processing
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