It is a troublesome change. It will require to change most of the
applications.

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Hefty
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:56 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ofw] change layout of ib_send_wr for winof 2.0
> 
> Since we're bumping the ABI/API, does anyone see any issues 
> with changing the layout of ib_send_wr?  It would end up 
> being terribly convenient if you could cast between the OFED 
> ib_send_wr and WinOF ib_send_wr, especially since the HW 
> drivers and libraries are derived from the OFED stack.  This 
> avoids translating structures in the speed path.
> 
> For example, change from:
> 
> typedef struct _ib_send_wr
> {
>       TO_LONG_PTR(struct _ib_send_wr* ,       p_next) ;
>       uint64_t                                        wr_id;
>       ib_wr_type_t                            wr_type;
>       ib_send_opt_t                           send_opt;
>       uint32_t                                        num_ds;
>       TO_LONG_PTR(ib_local_ds_t* ,            ds_array) ;
>       ib_net32_t                                      immediate_data;
>       ...
> 
> to
> 
> typedef struct _ib_send_wr
> {
>       uint64_t                                        wr_id;
>       struct _ib_send_wr*                     *p_next;
>       ib_local_ds_t                           *ds_array;
>       uint32_t                                        num_ds;
>       ib_wr_type_t                            wr_type;
>       ib_send_opt_t                           send_opt;
>       ib_net32_t                                      immediate_data;
>       ...
> 
> The field names remain the same.  ULPs only need to 
> recompile.  If no one disagrees, I will do this after the 
> latest set of patches hit the trunk.
> 
> - Sean
> 
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