Method and system for an OS virtualization-aware network interface card

1. A method for handling processing of network information, the method comprising:

communicating data between a network interface card (NIC) and each of a plurality of concurrently running guest operating systems (GOSs) in a host system via at least a corresponding one of a plurality of GOS queues;

notifying one of the concurrently running GOSs in response to the occurrence of an event, wherein notifying is performed via a second corresponding one of the plurality of GOS queues; and wherein each of said plurality of GOS queues comprises at least one of a transmit (TX) queue, a receive (RX) queue, and an event queue.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising communicating data from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said TX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising communicating data from one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs to said NIC via said RX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

4. The method according to claim 1 , comprising indicating the occurrence of a communication event from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said event queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said communication event is one of a link up event, a link down event, a packet transmitted event, and a packet received event.

6. The method according to claim 1 , comprising communicating data between at least two of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said NIC.

7. The method according to claim 1 , comprising validating a GOS media access control (MAC) address buffered in said NIC.

8. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for handling network processing of network information, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform:

communicating data between a network interface card (NIC) and each of a plurality of concurrently running guest operating systems (GOSs) in a host system via at least a corresponding one of a plurality of GOS queues;

notifying one of the concurrently running GOSs in response to the occurrence of an event initiated by the one of the concurrently running GOSs, wherein notifying comprises acknowledging transmission of data to a network by the one of the concurrently running GOSs; and wherein each of said plurality of GOS queues comprises a transmit (TX) queue, a receive (RX) queue, and an event queue.

9. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for communicating data from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said TX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

10. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for communicating data from one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs to said NIC via said RX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

11. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for indicating the occurrence of a communication event from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said event queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

12. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11 , wherein said communication event is one of a link up event, a link down event, a packet transmitted event, and a packet received event.

13. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for communicating data between at least two of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said NIC.

14. The machine-readable storage according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for validating a GOS media access control (MAC) address buffered in said NIC.

15. A system for handling processing of network information, the system comprising:

one or more processors within a network interface card (NIC) that enables communication of data between said NIC and each of a plurality of concurrently running guest operating systems (GOSs) in a host system via at least a corresponding one of a plurality of GOS queues,

wherein each of said plurality of GOS queues comprises a transmit (TX) queue, a receive (RX) queue, and an event queue, wherein the event queue stores information indicating a network condition, data transmission by the NIC, data reception by the NIC, or any combination thereof.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein said one or more processors within said NIC enables communication of data from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said TX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

17. The system according to claim 15 , wherein said one or more processors within said NIC enables communication of data from one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs to said NIC via said RX queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

18. The system according to claim 15 , wherein said one or more processors within said NIC enables indicating the occurrence of a communication event from said NIC to one of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said event queue in said corresponding GOS queue.

19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein said communication event is one of a link up event, a link down event, a packet transmitted event, and a packet received event.

20. The system according to claim 15 , wherein said one or more processors within said NIC enables communication of data between at least two of said plurality of concurrently running GOSs via said NIC.

21. The system according to claim 15 , wherein said one or more processors within said NIC enables validation of a GOS media access control (MAC) address buffered in said NIC.