Offloading TCP Chimney State

[The TCP chimney offload feature is deprecated and should not be used.]

The Offloading TCP Chimney State section describes the process of offloading TCP chimney state to an offload target.

This section includes:

Initiate Offload Call Sequence

Traversing a State Tree

Creating an Offload Context Area

Returning Completion Status of an Initiate Offload Operation

Partial Offloads and Offload Failures

Processing Events That Occur During an Offload

Handling Buffered Receive Data During and After an Offload Operation

Handling Outstanding Send Data During and After an Offload Operation

Terminating the Offload of a Connection Because of Resource Constraints