An adapter 1, wherein the work items comprise descriptors indicating data to be read from the memory for {HEAD ~ inclusion} in {TAIL ~ the packets}, and wherein the gather engines are coupled to read the data from the memory by direct memory access  
An adapter 1 , wherein the work items comprise descriptors indicating data to be read from the memory for { HEAD ~ inclusion } in { TAIL ~ the packets } , and wherein the gather engines are coupled to read the data from the memory by direct memory access
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