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Polish Prime Minister Says Ukraine Violence May Escalate, Blames Viktor Yanukovych
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Ukraine's future remains uncertain and the conflict between protesters and security forces could escalate further, putting the blame for the latest violence squarely on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
At least 25 people died and hundreds were injured after Tuesday's clashes between riot police and protesters demanding the resignation of the Ukrainian president on the streets of Kiev.
Clashes also took place across Ukraine, with protesters reportedly seizing arms from local militia and occupying many government buildings in western Ukraine, sparking renewed concerns of civil war and breakup of the country.
"Ukraine's future is under a big question mark … Today we have to prepare Poland and Europe for most dramatic possibilities," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday in a speech in Polish parliament. "I would want Poland to be the country that can shape policies that would save Ukraine's nationhood and independence in case of most dramatic scenarios."
Concerned with instability in its immediate eastern neighborhood, Poland has so far unsuccessfully tried to mediate between Ukrainian opposition and President Yanukovych. Only recently anchored in the institutions of Western Europe, Poland has lured Ukraine with the prospect of European integration, an alternative to the Russia-proposed Eurasian Union of post-Soviet countries.
Mr. Tusk said Wednesday he will urge European Union leaders to impose personal and financial sanctions on "those responsible for Ukraine's misfortunes."
The Polish prime minister said he's skeptical the sanctions "will change how Ukraine's government acts" but they are a necessary step to show that the European community condemns bloodshed. They would also be a gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian protesters as Poles "cannot be fooled" into thinking that it's not the current regime that is fully responsible for the most recent violence, Mr. Tusk said.
More talks and discussions with the regime are likely to be futile, he added, because "Yanukovych's credibility in terms of keeping his promises and sticking to deals is close to zero."


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WASHINGTON -- This week Russian bombers flew out of Iranian air bases to attack rebel positions in Syria. The State Department pretended not to be surprised. It should be. It should be alarmed. Iran's intensely nationalistic revolutionary regime had never permitted foreign forces to operate from its soil. Until now.
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WASHINGTON -- You may be thrilled by the feats of Katie Ledecky, mesmerized by the grace of the women gymnasts, startled by Rio spectators mocking U.S. soccer star Hope Solo with chants of "Zika! Zika!" (the first recorded instance, noted one wit, of a stadium rocking to the invocation of a virus). Allow me, however, to interrupt the prepackaged...Read more
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WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump, the man who defied every political rule and prevailed to win his party's nomination, last week took on perhaps the most sacred political rule of all: Never attack a Gold Star family. Not just because it alienates a vital constituency but because it reveals a shocking absence of elementary decency and of natural ...Read more
What's the Case for Hillary?
WASHINGTON -- "The best darn change-maker I ever met in my entire life." So said Bill Clinton in making the case for his wife at the Democratic National Convention. Considering that Bernie Sanders ran as the author of a political revolution and Donald Trump as the man who would "kick over the table" (to quote Newt Gingrich) in Washington, "...Read more
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text: WF put out a new report on MTN on 1/11/11. They downgraded from Outperform to Market Perform.Some snippets from their report"Our focus is purely valuation. We believe much of the news of this seasons' strength is priced into the shares and there is limited further upside potential at this time.""Vail's shares have outperformed major indices (e.g., S&P 500, Russell 2000) by over 2,400bps since 9/30/10. While we believe MTN is a well-managed company with dominant assets and attractive long-term prospects, we feel much of the near-term good news has been priced into the shares and further appreciation is limited."


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Nikon D5000 - Image Review Delay
I recently acquired a used Nikon D5000 in mint condition, and everything works well except that I have now noticed that every time I take a photograph, and image review is on, there is a delay of a few seconds before the image appears on the screen.
In other words, I take the picture, the display lights but as a blank grey for a few seconds, and then the image appears. I have tried turning ADR off, and using different SD cards but with the same effect.
I have had other DSLR's in the past where the image view was virtually instantaneous.
Is this behavior normal for the D5000?
Two things I just noticed. If I remove the SD card, and shoot DEMO image, the image review is virtually instantaneous.
Secondly, if I reduce the image size from large to either Medium or Small, the Image Review is faster.
The interesting thing is that I am using a SanDisk Extreme SDHC card so I would have thought that the write speed would be faster for all size images but it seems that the write speed is predicated on the size of the JPEG Image as opposed to the type of card that I am using.
Do you agree?
#1. "RE: Nikon D5000 - Image Review Delay" | In response to Reply # 0Leonard62 Nikonian since 15th Mar 2009Mon 02-Apr-12 03:08 PM
The write speed can only be as fast as the slowest process in the chain. In this case it's the camera and not the card. The only thing a fast card gets you is faster file transfer from a fast card reader to your computer. If you reread your post you'll find you actually answered your own question.
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#2. "RE: Nikon D5000 - Image Review Delay" | In response to Reply # 0pjonesCET Nikonian since 11th Jul 2011Mon 02-Apr-12 07:32 PM | edited Tue 03-Apr-12 11:56 PM by pjonesCET
I bought an express card to SD for my MacBook pro. I can view images in view finder pretty fast. But transfer to computer from SD card is about 10 times faster than the Camera (mine is a D3000). My Express Card is a Transcend TS-RDF1.I also have one by SanDisk but I don't like it as well. The SD card in the Transcend clicks into place. while the one from Sandisk the card goes in easy but doesn't lock into place and can be easily removed by accident.
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#3. "RE: Nikon D5000 - Image Review Delay" | In response to Reply # 0daconrad Registered since 18th Jan 2010Fri 06-Apr-12 05:51 PM
I'm using a Kingston sdhc 8gb class 4 card in my d5000, and my display comes on almost instantaneously. When I first got my d5000 I researched sd cards and found that different people had luck with different brands, sizes and classes of cards. Most seemed to have little problems with the Kingston 8gb cards so it's most probably the card, but because your d5000 is used, it may have a problem. Possibly it was dropped or has some other problem. First try a different card. If that doesn't help, you could save any custom settings you've made to the camera, and try a hard reset. Hope you find the problem as I fingd the d5000 to be a very good camera. Good luck.
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I had to review a text of the President's State of the Union address to verify that what I thought I heard, I actually heard. But there it was in black and white. And with those few words, I have at long last found some point of agreement with our President.
The President said it was time for everyone to "play by the same rules."
"Play by the same rules!" Oh how sweet the words.
I can only assume that the President was forecasting the end of quotas and preferential treatment for selected groups since that obviously would signal a movement toward playing by the same rules.
It can also be assumed that this new approach would mean that the 48 percent of the American public who pay no income taxes would be asked to pay their share of the national burden.
And in the spirit of playing by the same rules, now all voters will be asked to prove their identification with a simple photo ID when they cast their ballots. At least that's the assumption I make from those bold words spoken by the President.
For a number of years, the rules of the game have been changed to shift the burden of responsibility to fewer and fewer people at greater and greater rates.
This new attitude toward shared responsibility will now involve every citizen having equal input into the outcome of this great nation.
By playing by the same rules, we will no longer accept the sad reality that many people benefit from the sacrifices of others. Now through shared sacrifice and a level playing field, all Americans are active players in the progress of this great nation.
But I have a sneaky suspicion that the President's definition of "playing by the same rules" might differ slightly from mine. And perhaps yours.
The President wants to establish rules that he defines as fair and then impose those rules on everyone. But his rules seem to involve fewer people shouldering a greater share of the workload. And within those rules are none to require any sharing from far too many people.
In the President's world, playing by the same rules means playing by the rules he establishes and pretending they are the same. Yet even a casual non-political observer can easily see there is no sameness to these rules. No fairness. No shared responsibility. No spread burden.
When this administration says they want everyone to play by the same rules, look closely at those rules. They are not fair. And they are not the same.
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Many thanks to all of you who have sent your little quilts to their new homes and let me know about that, and/or let me know about receiving your new quilts. This is the part of the swap that stresses me most - knowing all those lovely things are floating nebulously in the world's postal system and none of us having any control over their safe landings!
Anyway, if you haven't yet sent off your quilt, please try to do so soon (if you are away, please let me know if you haven't done so already so I can make a note) or let me know approximately when you think you'll be able to send - I know there are a few people with complicated mailing circumstances, and that's not a problem, I just don't want to worry about lost quilts.
And to all those of you who have already received your new babies - enjoy!
Oh, and don't forget a line to the maker of your new quilt is always appreciated - if they didn't include their email address, let me know and I'll pass it on to you.
Another Little Quilt Swap
yes, it's another little quilt swap - come play along!
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Monday, 1 August 2016
Flying Quilts!
Quilts are beginning to arrive across the world - hurrah! - once they are all settled in their new homes, I will do a "Grand Reveal" - a blog post which shows who made what and who got what. In the meantime, don't forget to let me know when you mail your quilt(s) out and when you receive your new ones!
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Monday, 25 July 2016
Just to say, I have sent mailing info to about half the players so far. However, now I'm bored so I'm going to do the rest tomorrow or Wednesday. If you haven't received mailing info by Wednesday evening, please let me know as that might mean I've sent it to an old email address or accidentally forgotten you.
If you put two quilts into this swap, you will get a separate email for each one - it's easier to keep track of that way.
If you put two quilts into this swap, you will get a separate email for each one - it's easier to keep track of that way.
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Sunday, 24 July 2016
Well, that wasn't TOO stressful. I have successfully matched up all but one of the quilts with new owners, and everyone who played will be getting at least one quilt swapped out. The unswapped quilt wasn't unloved, but the way the logistics of these things work, sometimes the same small group of people like the same small group of quilts, and swapping out can be very complicated. This time around, I elected to ask a person who made two quilts to keep one of them so that everyone else in the swap could have a quilt swapped out. She'll still going to get one quilt in the swap, which makes me as happy as I can be, when I can't swap all the quilts in the whole swap.
In case you are wondering about the swapping process, here are some of the guidelines I use to help myself match things up:
In case you are wondering about the swapping process, here are some of the guidelines I use to help myself match things up:
- Find a new home for the greatest number of quilts possible.
- Try to give people quilts as high on their lists as possible (in all cases, but particularly if someone has made a very popular quilt).
- If a quilt is on someone's preference list, they did like it, so it's better to give someone one lower on their list than to leave a quilt unswapped.
- If the above criteria have been met, try to give everyone quilts by people they haven't had quilts from before (so e.g. if Ann's quilt and Jane's quilt were both in your top tier of preferences, but you had a quilt from Ann last time around, I might give you Jane's this time).
Anyway, that's just a little insight into the process - it's a lot more complicated than that, and I do appreciate everyone's flexibility in listing loads of choices and being patient!
I'll be emailing people over the next few days with instructions for how and where to mail your quilts. Watch your email!
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Lists in
Just to say, I now have in the last three outstanding lists. I hope to get the sorting done today or tomorrow. Then, allowing for any time to contact people if necessary, I should be emailing you all with instructions for where to send your little quilt(s). Thanks for your patience, everyone!
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Friday, 22 July 2016
Still waiting
Hi everyone - sorry for the delay; I am still awaiting three preferences lists. I haven't had time or energy this week (last week of school is always hectic for those who work in one!) to chase missing people up, but I've sent emails today to remind those ladies and hopefully will have their lists soon, so I can start the sort out. I'm on holiday now until school starts again, so as soon as I have the lists, I should be able to get started with the sorting.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for your patience.
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Monday, 18 July 2016
Preference Lists
I've had a bit of a chance to catch up this weekend, and have recorded the info from all the people who have sent their lists in. So far it's looking pretty good, but it's hard to tell for sure. I am still waiting for lists from five people, so until I get those, I won't be able to start the actual allocation process; if I don't hear from them within another day or two, I'll send an email reminder. However, this is a very busy time for me (last week of school), so it will still take a while to get things sorted out, even if all the lists come in tomorrow morning. Bear with me - it's worth it in the end, as the wait enables me to give as many people as possible a quilt high up on their lists!
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Friday, 15 July 2016
Hi everyone. I've had lots of emails with preference lists coming in, but no time to deal with them yet. If you haven't yet had a chance to send yours, don't worry, but the sooner I get them all, the sooner I'll be able to start the massive sort out...
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Tuesday, 12 July 2016
That's it!
OK, so that's it - all the late night, last minute entries are added, so there are 39 quilts total in this round of the swap, with 33 players (I think. It's possible I can't count).
A few quilts don't quite meet the rules (a little too small, not quite square) but because I'm nice, I've allowed them in anyway.
If you've not played before/don't remember what happens next, here's what to do:
I'll be emailing the group soon with similar instructions, but first, I have to update my mailing list to remove those people who didn't get a chance to make a quilt this time around...
Any questions, just ask.
A few quilts don't quite meet the rules (a little too small, not quite square) but because I'm nice, I've allowed them in anyway.
If you've not played before/don't remember what happens next, here's what to do:
- Please send me your preference lists when you get a chance. Please try to include 10-12 choices of quilts you'd like to receive on your list (though of course, if you really don't like as many as that, you can put fewer). I will do my best to match you with a quilt high on your list. You can rank them strictly if you like (1, 2, 3) or in tiers (my three favourites are x, y z; next are a, b,c; finally I also like p, q, r) or even say things like "I really like most of these, and would be happy to get any of them except I'd rather not get my own back or have quilts x and q because they just aren't my style/I'm not a huge fan of bright orange".
- It would be helpful if you'd include your address in your preference list, if you aren't sure if I have it. If you played in round 9, I have it (unless you've moved, of course).
- Once I get all the preferences lists back, I'll try to sort it all out so quilts go to people who want them, and people get quilts they like.
- It's possible that your quilt won't appear on any choice lists. This has happened before. This does not mean your quilt isn't nice! Sometimes there are other reasons - I've had this happen, for instance, if a quilt was a very particular style (e.g. Sunbonnet Sue) which didn't happen to appeal to most of the players in a given round; if a quilt was holiday themed (e.g. Christmas) but the swap finished at a time away from the Christmas holidays; if a quilt was photographed in a way which didn't really show it to advantage; if a quilt was quite plain/simple when there were a lot of showy pieces. If no one selects your quilt, or if only a few people do and I can't make the swapping work out, I will contact you to let you know that you will be keeping your own quilt.
- Sometimes, if there are a handful of quilts I can't match up, I'll check with those people if they'd rather keep their own quilts or try to do a mini-match among the handful of unmatched ones.
I'll be emailing the group soon with similar instructions, but first, I have to update my mailing list to remove those people who didn't get a chance to make a quilt this time around...
Any questions, just ask.
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First Financial Credit Union Was my money stolen by the Credit Union? When 5-year CD matured, the credit union closed my account and refused to account for my life savings on deposit. West Covina California
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This is a continuation-in-part of copending nonprovisional application Ser. No. 09/752,422, filed Dec. 31, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to a packet switching system of communications systems, routers, computers and communications devices; and more particularly, the invention relates to using barrier phases to synchronize processes and components in a packet switching system, including, for example, but not limited to the use of barrier phases in the coordinated timing of the sending of information within a packet switching system, and the use of barrier phases in a packet sequence number windowing protocol.
The communications industry is rapidly changing to adjust to emerging technologies and ever increasing customer demand. This customer demand for new applications and increased performance of existing applications is driving communications network and system providers to employ networks and systems having greater speed and capacity (e.g., greater bandwidth). In trying to achieve these goals, a common approach taken by many communications providers is to use packet switching technology.
Packet switching systems, like most systems, include many subsystems which must work in a coordinated fashion for the overall system to operate. In fact, certain functions may require a common timing reference or at least some level of synchronization to operate properly, and some functions may be able to take advantage of the synchronization to operate more efficiently. Depending on the size and capacity of a particular switching system, components of the switching system may be distributed across several components, boards, subsystems, cabinets, rooms, or even remotely located. In many of these configurations, a common timing strobe is infeasible. Desired are improved methods and systems for synchronizing components of communications and computer systems.
Moreover, consumers and designers of these packet switching systems typically desire high reliability and increased performance at a reasonable price. Commonly used techniques for helping to achieve these goals are for these systems to perform some level of flow control to avoid certain congestion conditions, and to provide multiple paths between a source and a destination.
In packet switching systems which provide multiple paths between a source and a destination, packets of information are typically distributed among, and routed over these multiple paths. It is typically more cost-effective to provide multiple slower rate links or switching paths, than to provide a single higher rate path. Such designs also achieve other desired performance characteristics. However, a typical artifact of routing across multiple links of varying delays is the need to resequence each of the streams of packets routed through a packet switch back into their original order.
One known technique for routing and resequencing streams of packets is to add a sequence number to each packet and then to place packets in sequential order based on these added sequence numbers. Separate sequence numbers are typically used for each switch input-output pairing. For example, each input interface of the packet switch maintains a separate sequence number counter for each output of the packet switch; and each output interface of the packet switch maintains a separate counter for each input of the packet switch. This technique is simple, but it requires significant resources for the buffers and sequence number counters. The resources required for these buffers and counters must be sufficient to store the packets and distinguish the order of the packets for handling worst case delay differentials between paths. This problem is further compounded when contiguous sequence numbers are not used or when a packet is lost or dropped. In either of these cases, it is hard to determine whether certain packets should be forwarded immediately or should be delayed to see if a potentially dropped or lost packet or a packet with the skipped sequence number actually arrives. Desired are improved methods and systems for routing and resequencing packets in a packet switch, especially those methods and systems which place a bound on the size requirements of sequence numbers or other resources.
Packet switching systems typically monitor and maintain certain fundamental characteristics and information concerning their operation, such as packet counts and buffer occupancies of queues and other elements in distributed locations in a packet switching system. These characteristics, either natively or after manipulation, (herein also referred to as, and included in the extensible term "flow control information"), can be used to identify potential congestion and other traffic and switch conditions, which may then be used to make flow control decisions and generate reactive signals or messages to decrease or eliminate the potential or actual problem conditions.
However, before such flow control decisions may be made, the underlying information must be communicated to a location which can make decisions to generate the flow control messages. These flow control messages then need to be sent to the locations that react to the flow control decisions. For example, traffic between a source and destination may be routed across multiple paths through a packet switching system, and traffic going to a particular destination may be sent from multiple sources. Also, in typical packet switching systems, packets may be queued at various locations such as in various stages of a switching fabric. Thus, the flow control information concerning the traffic going to a destination or even between a source destination pair may be distributed throughout the packet switching system, and typically is not native at the location or to the process which makes the flow control signaling decisions. One mechanism for distributing control information is to broadcast the information in reaction to the detection of a predefined condition. This approach typically generates a large peak of messages at a time when the switching system is possibly already suffering from a lack of bandwidth in one or more locations within itself. Another possible mechanism for communicating the flow control information to the requisite flow control decision points and for communicating the decisions to the reaction points is for each element having flow control information to autonomously and periodically broadcast such information. However, this autonomous approach can lead to congestion and delays. Desired are improved methods and systems for distributing flow control and other information in a packet switching system.
Systems and methods are disclosed for sending multiple ordered sets of data. One embodiment receives a barrier phase transition, and in response, resets a current data set indicator for the multiple ordered sets of data to a predetermined ordered set. An ordered set of data of the plurality of ordered sets of data indicated by the current data set indicator is sent, and the current data set indicator is advanced to a next ordered set of data of the multiple ordered sets of data.
The appended claims set forth the features of the invention with particularity. The invention, together with its advantages, may be best understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using barrier phases to synchronize processes and components in a packet switching system, including, for example, but not limited to the use of barrier phases in the coordinated timing of the sending of information within a packet switching system, and the use of barrier phases in a packet sequence number windowing protocol. The use of barrier phases may be used in most any device or system for example, inter alia, in a computer or communications system, such as a packet switching system, router, or other device.
The methods and apparatus disclosed herein are not limited to a single computer or communications system. Rather, the architecture and functionality taught herein are extensible to an unlimited number of computer and communications systems, devices and embodiments in keeping with the scope and spirit of the invention. Embodiments described herein include various elements and limitations, with no one element or limitation contemplated as being a critical element or limitation. Each of the claims individually recite an aspect of the invention in its entirety. Moreover, some embodiments described may include, but are not limited to, inter alia, systems, integrated circuit chips, embedded processors, ASICs, methods, and computer-readable medium containing instructions. The embodiments described hereinafter embody various aspects and configurations within the scope and spirit of the invention.
As used herein, the term "packet" refers to packets of all types, including, but not limited to, fixed length cells and variable length packets, each of which may or may not be divisible into smaller packets or cells. Moreover, these packets may contain one or more types of information, including, but not limited to, voice, data, video, and audio information. Furthermore, the term "system" is used generically herein to describe any number of components, elements, sub-systems, devices, packet switch elements, packet switches, networks, computer and/or communication devices or mechanisms, or combinations of components thereof. The term "computer" is used generically herein to describe any number of computers, including, but not limited to personal computers, embedded processors, ASICs, chips, workstations, mainframes, etc. The term "device" is used generically herein to describe any type of mechanism, including a computer or system or component thereof. The terms "task" and "process" are used generically herein to describe any type of running program, including, but not limited to a computer process, task, thread, executing application, operating system, user process, device driver, native code, machine or other language, etc., and can be interactive and/or non-interactive, executing locally and/or remotely, executing in foreground and/or background, executing in the user and/or operating system address spaces, a routine of a library and/or standalone application, and is not limited to any particular memory partitioning technique. The terms "network" and "communications mechanism" are used generically herein to describe one or more networks, communications mediums or communications systems, including, but not limited to the Internet, private or public telephone, cellular, wireless, satellite, cable, local area, metropolitan area and/or wide area networks, a cable, electrical connection, bus, etc., and internal communications mechanisms such as message passing, interprocess communications, shared memory, etc. The terms "first," "second," etc. are typically used herein to denote different units (e.g., a first element, a second element). The use of these terms herein does not necessarily connote an ordering such as one unit or event occurring or coming before the another, but rather provides a mechanism to distinguish between particular units.
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using barrier phases to synchronize processes and components in a packet switching system, including, for example, but not limited to the use of barrier phases in the coordinated timing of the sending of information within a packet switching system, and the use of barrier phases in a packet sequence number windowing protocol. In one embodiment, elements are assigned to one of multiple ordered sets of a barrier groups, wherein each element of a barrier group must be set to a common barrier state before any element of a next a barrier group can switch to a next barrier state, and once all elements of a particular barrier group switch to a new barrier state, all the elements of the next barrier group begin to switch to the next barrier state. In this manner, the switching between barrier phases provides a synchronization mechanism between all the elements belonging to a particular barrier group, and a synchronization mechanism between barrier groups.
In one embodiment including a packet switching fabric, elements may be assigned to a common barrier group based on their functionality. For example, first stage switching elements are in one barrier group, second stage switching elements are in a different barrier group, third stage switching elements are in yet a different barrier group, etc. In this exemplary embodiment, each element of a particular switching stage is synchronized by its barrier transitions with all the other elements of the particular switching stage.
Some embodiments use one sets of barrier states, while other embodiments use more than one sets of barrier states. The number of barrier sets for a device is typically determined based on its characteristics, configuration, traffic patterns, and/or other criteria. For example, a packet switching system might use a barrier phase to synchronize several operations, use an independent barrier phase for a certain operation or operations, use a separate barrier phase for each priority and/or quality of service of traffic, and/or any variations of these and other possibilities. For ease of understanding for the reader, certain descriptions herein will describe the actions of a single set of barrier states, while it is to be understood that one or more other sets of barrier transitions may be simultaneously and/or sequentially occurring.
In one embodiment, the source, destination, and switching nodes are systematically switched among two or more barrier phases (e.g., operational states). In one embodiment, the switching between phases is performed continuously in response to the flow of barrier request and barrier acknowledgement packets or signals. In one embodiment, barrier requests are used without barrier acknowledgements. In one embodiment, the rate of switching between barrier phases is limited or additionally determined in response to a certain number of packets being sent or after a predetermined period of time.
To switch between barrier phases in one embodiment, each source node broadcasts to all forward connected switching nodes a barrier request to change to a next barrier state. After a switching node has received such a barrier request on all incoming links for a particular barrier set, the switching node switches barrier states and propagates the barrier request for the particular barrier set. If there are packets in any outgoing queues, the barrier request is typically placed in the queues after these queued packets to ensure that the barrier request is sent to a next stage in this order. In one embodiment, another technique is used to ensure that all packets of the previous barrier phase have been forwarded before the barrier request for the next barrier phase is forwarded. These various techniques include using counters to count occupancy per barrier phase in each queue or within the particular node, and using per barrier phase queues and preferentially draining packets belonging to the previous barrier phase.
Upon receiving barrier requests over all links for a particular barrier set, each destination node relays an acknowledgement message to all connected source nodes, which then send a barrier acknowledgement in much the same way (except barrier acknowledgement messages are typically sent immediately out rather than being placed in a queue), and each source node changes its barrier state for the particular barrier set causing sent packets belonging to the barrier set to indicate the new barrier state.
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using barrier phases to synchronize the transmission of information from distributed components. For example, the transition of barrier phases may be used to reset or realign the sending of information by these distributed components. Typically in packet switching systems, flow control information needs to be communicated to one or more other elements which can then make flow control and/or other decisions and generate appropriate control signals or packets. In one embodiment, a packet switching fabric collects flow control and/or other information (e.g., packet counts, buffer occupancies, etc.) in certain distributed switching elements, with the distributed elements of a common barrier group maintain pseudo duplicate flow control data structures. Each of these distributed elements is programmed with a different predetermined offset for cycling through and sending segments of the data structure in a predetermined order, such that typically each element concurrently sends a different portion of the information. Using barrier phase transitions to synchronize the sending of the information by these distributed components, the latency of communicating the entire data structure can be reduced with typically less congestion than if each element sent the information autonomously.
In one embodiment, a component (e.g., a switching or other element) maintains a data structure indicating known flow control information, with this flow control information being distributed to downstream components in coordination with the timing of the switching between barrier phases. In one embodiment, each downstream component accumulates received flow control information in a data structure, and periodically forwards its accumulated flow control information to its downstream elements and other components. In response to the changing barrier phases, the sending of the information is typically reset to a predetermined point (e.g., an address or location) in the data structure. In this manner, the sender and receiver may become synchronized in regards to the sent information, which may reduce or eliminate other identification data (e.g., an address, location, etc.) describing the information being sent that must be communicated between the sender and receivers of the information. In one embodiment, less than all components accumulate and maintain a data structure indicating received flow control information; rather certain components forward without accumulating the received information to one or more downstream components.
Methods and apparatus are also disclosed for using barrier phases to limit the disorder of packets in a packet switching system. By limiting the number of packets sent per barrier phases, the range and size of the sequence number space and the size of outgoing, resequencing, and reassembling buffers may be bounded to a smaller quantity. Additionally, this approach further provides a packet time-out mechanism to identify lost or delayed packets, which may be especially useful when non-continuous sequence numbers or time-stamps are included in packets for resequencing and/or reassembly purposes, or when a packet switching system drops a packet.
In one embodiment of a packet switching system, source nodes, which distribute packets to various switching planes or elements, include an indication of their current barrier state in sent packets. For each barrier state, a predetermined range of sequence numbers may be included in packets to identify their ordering, which limits the number of packets sent by a source node for each barrier phases. In another embodiment, a counting space is used to limit the maximum number of packets sent for each barrier state.
Upon exhaustion of a particular range of sequence numbers or counting space, a source node stops sending packets until the source node transitions to the next barrier phase when the range of sequence numbers or counting space is reset and reused. For example, in one embodiment, upon a barrier transition (e.g., after receiving the barrier acknowledgement messages or barrier requests over all links for the particular barrier set), each destination stage switches its barrier state for the particular barrier set, and then the destination can manipulate (e.g., resequence, reassemble, send, place in an output queue, etc.) packets marked with the previous barrier state as it knows that every packet from the previous barrier state has been received for the particular barrier set.
In one embodiment, interconnection network 120 comprises multiple switch elements SE-1 122, SE-2 125, and SE-3 128 that are interconnected by multiple links. Line cards 116 and 131 may connect to other systems (not shown) to provide data items (e.g., packets) to be routed by packet switch 115. Embodiments use a barrier scheme according to the invention in one or more components, including line cards 116, 131, input interfaces 117, switch elements SE-1 122, SE-2 125, and SE-3 128, output interfaces 129, and/or other locations within packet switch 115 or the packet switching system.
As used herein, computer-readable medium is not limited to memory and storage devices; rather computer-readable medium is an extensible term including other storage and signaling mechanisms including interfaces and devices such as network interface cards and buffers therein, as well as any communications devices and signals received and transmitted, and other current and evolving technologies that a computerized system can interpret, receive, and/or transmit.
The embodiment of input/output interface 290 illustrated in
Each SE-1 300 receives packets 301 and exchanges control messages 302 over one or more links with one or more input interfaces (not shown) such as input/output interface 290 (
Each SE-2 330 receives packets 331 and exchanges control messages 332 over one or more links with one or more SE-1 elements (not shown) such as SE-1 300 (
Each SE-3 360 receives packets 361 and exchanges control messages 362 over one or more links with one or more SE-2 elements (not shown) such as SE-2 330 (
The descriptions herein with reference to all the figures typically describe receiving barrier messages and transitions from multiple sources. Of course within a system, some sources or links may be currently unavailable, so the descriptions herein typically refer to the currently active links, planes, etc.
In general, the barrier state transition is initiated when each I/O interface 410A–P sends to their connected SE-1 elements 411A–D a barrier request to change to a next barrier state. After an SE-1 element 411A–D has received such a barrier request on all incoming links, the switching node propagates the barrier request to SE-2 elements 412A–D. If there are packets in any outgoing queues, the barrier request is placed in the queues after these queued packets, to ensure that the barrier request is sent to a next stage in this order. After an SE-2 element 412A–D has received such a barrier request on all incoming links, the switching node propagates the barrier request to SE-3 elements 413A–D. If there are packets in any outgoing queues, the barrier request is placed in the queues after these queued packets, to ensure that the barrier request is sent to a next stage in this order. After an SE-3 element 413A–D has received such a barrier request on all incoming links, the switching node propagates the barrier request to connected I/O interfaces 410A–P. If there are packets in any outgoing queues, the barrier request is placed in the queues after these queued packets, to ensure that the barrier request is sent to a next stage in this order.
In one embodiment, the current barrier state is changed upon receiving barrier requests on its ingress portion over all links, while in one embodiment, barrier acknowledgement phases and states are used and the current barrier state is not changed until receiving a barrier acknowledgement on its ingress portion over all links. In one embodiment using barrier acknowledgement phases and states, upon receiving barrier requests on its ingress portion over all links, each I/O interface 410A–P relays a barrier acknowledgement to its egress portion, which results each I/O interface 410A–P sending a barrier acknowledgement in much the same way as described supra, except barrier acknowledgements are typically sent immediately out rather than being placed in a queue, and each I/O interface 410A–P changes its barrier state on its egress portion causing sent packets to indicate the new barrier ack state. Upon receiving all the barrier acknowledgements over all links, each I/O interface 410A–P switches its barrier state on its ingress portion, and then an I/O interface 410A–P may fully manipulate (e.g., resequence, reassemble, send, place in an output queue, etc.) all packets marked with the previous barrier state as it knows that every packet from the previous barrier state has been received. Barrier requests and acknowledgements may be included in data and/or control packets, or relayed over signaling lines.
Turning now to one illustration, shown in
In one embodiment, the current barrier state is changed at this point as barrier requests have been received on the ingress portion over all links. In one embodiment, barrier acknowledgement phases and states are used before the current barrier state is changed, as one embodiment of such a technique is now described. As illustrated in
Processing of
Then, processing of the received barrier requests and switching between barrier states begins. As determined in process block 620, if all the inputs of the node are in barrier request 1 state, then the state of the node is set to the barrier request 1 state in process block 622. Otherwise, as determined in process block 630, if all the inputs of the node are in barrier request 0 state, then the state of the node is set to the barrier request 0 state in process block 632. Otherwise the barrier state of the node remains unchanged as indicated by process block 640. As indicated by process block 644, the current barrier state is included on all incoming packets. It is this barrier state which will eventually propagate to a next node and be used to determine whether to switch barrier states. Also, in one embodiment, separate execution threads are used to update the barrier state and to add the barrier state to packets. Processing returns to process block 620 to repeat this processing.
As shown, each first stage switching element 800A–N maintains a data structure, such as table 801A–N (respectively) of flow control information which is communicated over links 802A–N to second stage switching elements 803A–M, which updates their flow control data structures, such as tables 804A–M. In one embodiment, the information stored in each table 804A–M is approximately the same. Using barrier phase transitions to synchronize the transmission of flow control information, second stage switching elements 803A–M to concurrently (or approximately concurrently) transmit different portions of their respective table 801A–M to third stage switching element 806 over links 805A–M. Third stage switching element 806 receives this information, updates its data structure (e.g., table 807), and can use this collected information to generate reactive flow control messages 808. The operation of the synchronized transmission of flow control information of one embodiment is further described in relation to
In one embodiment control field 811 specifies a beginning address corresponding to the position in a data structure to which the information in update data field 812 belongs. However, the full address may require several bits or bytes, so some embodiments encode a synchronization pattern from which the address of the data may be interpreted. For example, in one embodiment, each transmitting element of a barrier group is assigned a predetermined offset value, which indicates a portion of data to begin sending at the barrier phase synchronization point. The receiving elements are also programmed with this information and they know the sender of each received information. Therefore, by including in control field 811 a single start bit which is set on the first portion of information sent at the at the barrier phase synchronization point and by keeping a packet update count for each sender, the receiver can readily determine the address for each received update data field 812.
In one embodiment, control field 811 further includes a single barrier bit which is inverted on each barrier transition such that a receiver should only see a change in the barrier bit in a packet with the start bit set in control field 811. In one embodiment, the receiver ignores the received update data 812 until a control field 811 is received with a start bit and a changed barrier bit. In one embodiment, the receiver only waits for a start bit. In one embodiment, the barrier bit is inverted every time the start bit is asserted in control filed 811.
In one embodiment, a cell loss detection mechanism combines with the barrier bits and start bits to allow inferring the state of the start bit in missing cells. Anytime a single cell is lost, the barrier state and start bit on the next received cell indicates to the receiver whether a start bit was dropped or a middle update was dropped, which decreases or eliminates possible aliasing. If the barrier state has changed from the last received update but the start bit is not asserted, an update with the start bit asserted was dropped. If the barrier state is the same, a middle update was dropped. When the start bit is asserted, irrespective of the current barrier state, the receiver writes the update at the programmed offset and continues.
In one embodiment, as soon as two consecutive cells are dropped, the receiver waits for the next assertion of the start bit. Additionally, one embodiment lengthens the number of cells taken by the update and lengthens the minimum number of cells between the assertion of the start bit. In general, if the minimum of these two values is n, then the possibility of aliasing is eliminated when up to n−1 consecutive cells are dropped.
In one embodiment, the process illustrated in
In other embodiments, rather than resetting a sequence number space, a counting space is reset to limit the number of packets sent in a barrier phase. These embodiments may be particularly useful when sequence numbers are not added to packets, such as in an embodiment which uses time stamps to resequence streams of packets at a destination. In certain of these embodiments, the counting space would be reset in process block 904, the counter would be checked in process block 910, and a timestamp would be added in process block 912 or process block 912 would not be performed. Additionally, one embodiment does not include the barrier phase in the packet such as that indicated as added in process block 912. In this embodiment, the destinations may infer the barrier state of a packet from the received barrier transitions; however, this may induce additional delay and may result in the destination having to wait an additional barrier transition.
In view of the many possible embodiments to which the principles of our invention may be applied, it will be appreciated that the embodiments and aspects thereof described herein with respect to the drawings/figures are only illustrative and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention. For example and as would be apparent to one skilled in the art, many of the process block operations can be re-ordered to be performed before, after, or substantially concurrent with other operations. Also, many different forms of data structures could be used in various embodiments. The invention as described herein contemplates all such embodiments as may come within the scope of the following claims and equivalents thereof.
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