US Patent 7562366 Transmit completion event batching

Method for managing a data transmit queue, for use with a host and a network interface device. Roughly described, the host writes data buffer descriptors into a transmit descriptor queue, and the network interface device writes events to notify the host when it has completed processing of a transmit data buffer. Each of the transmit completion event descriptors notify the host of completion of a plurality of the transmit data buffers.