[ofa-general] [RFP] support for iWARP requirement - active connect side MUST send first FPDU

[Steve Wise]

Sean Hefty wrote:
>> There has been much discussion on a private thread regarding bug #735 
>> - "dapltest performance tests don't adhere to iWARP standard" that 
>> needs to move to the general list.
> 
> This bug would be better titled "iWarp cannot support uDAPL API". :)
> 
> Seriously, the iWarp and uDAPL specs conflict.  One needs to change.
> 
>> Can someone come up with a solution, possibly in iWARP CM, that will 
>> work and insure interoperability between iWARP devices?
> 
> I thought the restriction was there to support switching between 
> streaming and rdma mode.  If a connection only uses rdma mode, is the 
> restriction really needed at all?
> 

Yes because all iWARP connections start out as TCP streaming mode 
connections, and the MPA startup messages are sent in streaming mode. 
Then the connection is  transitioned into FPDU (Framed PDU) mode using 
the MPA protocol.