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

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Thu Sep 2 11:14:01 PDT 2004


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

I don't follow why we need IB_SEND_MAD... we're still going to have a
separate entry point different from ib_post_send() for sending MADs
(it doesn't make sense to add tests to a key data path function just
for the sake of combining entry points).

 - Roland



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