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

Hal Rosenstock halr at voltaire.com
Thu Sep 2 12:31:41 PDT 2004


On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 13:48, Sean Hefty wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:22:29 -0700
> Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com> wrote:
> 
> >     Sean> I think that you'll need to know if the GRH is being sent in
> >     Sean> order to do RMPP correctly.
> > 
> > I don't see why... can you expand on this point?
> 
> I was remembering from the SF stack where it was provided on sends, but it looks like that was only done in cases where the access layer would create the address handle for the user.  So, it doesn't look like that flag is needed for sends, but only on receive completions.
> 
> Thanks for catching this.

Assuming the change as proposed will not be done:

Will ib_mad_flags be going away based on the above ?

Also, will the MAD and normal send WCs be made more similar as proposed
?

-- Hal






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