[openib-general] [PATCH] for discussion - combine ib_send_mad_wr with ib_send_wr

[Sean Hefty]

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:08:55 -0400
Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com> wrote:

> Just a minor point/question:
> 
> I forget why IB_SEND_MAD_GRH_VALID is needed. Isn't the grh setup
> properly in the AH which is supplied with the send WR ? However, the
> notion of IB_SEND_MAD is needed to determine whether the timeout_ms
> parameter is to be honored or not.

I think that you'll need to know if the GRH is being sent in order to do RMPP correctly.

MADs are still sent by calling ib_mad_post_send, so we shouldn't need a new opcode to determine if timeout_ms is valid.