[openib-general] round 2 - proposal for socket based connection model

[Caitlin Bestler]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openib-general-bounces at openib.org 
> [mailto:openib-general-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Tom Tucker
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:56 PM
> To: Kanevsky, Arkady
> Cc: swg at infinibandta.org; openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: RE: [openib-general] round 2 - proposal for socket 
> based connection model
> 
> Arkady:
> 
> I may actually have a constructive comment about the protocol 
> (private data format). One thing I noticed is that *almost* 
> everything in the private data header is available in the 
> native iWARP protocol header except the ZB and SI bits.  If 
> these bits become part of the canonical private data header, 
> then does that require an iWARP transport to use the header 
> too even though only two bits are useful?
> 
> Sorry if this is a dumb question,
> 

I'm not sure I followed why these were needed myself.