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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 Topspin Communications.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 Cisco Systems.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 Open Grid Computing, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
+ * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
+ * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
+ * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
+ *
+ *     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ *     without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ *     conditions are met:
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer.
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef IRDMA_ABI_H
+#define IRDMA_ABI_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* irdma must support legacy GEN_1 i40iw kernel
+ * and user-space whose last ABI ver is 5
+ */
+#define IRDMA_ABI_VER 6
+
+enum irdma_memreg_type {
+	IW_MEMREG_TYPE_MEM  = 0,
+	IW_MEMREG_TYPE_QP   = 1,
+	IW_MEMREG_TYPE_CQ   = 2,
+	IW_MEMREG_TYPE_RSVD = 3,
+	IW_MEMREG_TYPE_MW   = 4,
+};
+
+struct irdma_alloc_ucontext_req {
+	__u32 rsvd32;
+	__u8 userspace_ver;
+	__u8 rsvd8[3];
+};
+
+struct i40iw_alloc_ucontext_req {
+	__u32 rsvd32;
+	__u8 userspace_ver;
+	__u8 rsvd8[3];
+};
+
+struct irdma_alloc_ucontext_resp {
+	__aligned_u64 feature_flags;
+	__u32 max_hw_wq_frags;
+	__u32 max_hw_read_sges;
+	__u32 max_hw_inline;
+	__u32 max_hw_rq_quanta;
+	__u32 max_hw_wq_quanta;
+	__u32 min_hw_cq_size;
+	__u32 max_hw_cq_size;
+	__u32 rsvd1[7];
+	__u16 max_hw_sq_chunk;
+	__u16 rsvd2[11];
+	__u8 kernel_ver;
+	__u8 hw_rev;
+	__u8 rsvd3[6];
+};
+
+struct i40iw_alloc_ucontext_resp {
+	__u32 max_pds;
+	__u32 max_qps;
+	__u32 wq_size; /* size of the WQs (SQ+RQ) in the mmaped area */
+	__u8 kernel_ver;
+	__u8 rsvd[3];
+};
+
+struct irdma_alloc_pd_resp {
+	__u32 pd_id;
+	__u8 rsvd[4];
+};
+
+struct irdma_resize_cq_req {
+	__aligned_u64 user_cq_buffer;
+};
+
+struct irdma_create_cq_req {
+	__aligned_u64 user_cq_buf;
+	__aligned_u64 user_shadow_area;
+};
+
+struct irdma_create_qp_req {
+	__aligned_u64 user_wqe_bufs;
+	__aligned_u64 user_compl_ctx;
+};
+
+struct i40iw_create_qp_req {
+	__aligned_u64 user_wqe_bufs;
+	__aligned_u64 user_compl_ctx;
+};
+
+struct irdma_mem_reg_req {
+	__u16 reg_type; /* Memory, QP or CQ */
+	__u16 cq_pages;
+	__u16 rq_pages;
+	__u16 sq_pages;
+};
+
+struct irdma_create_cq_resp {
+	__u32 cq_id;
+	__u32 cq_size;
+};
+
+struct irdma_create_qp_resp {
+	__u32 qp_id;
+	__u32 actual_sq_size;
+	__u32 actual_rq_size;
+	__u32 irdma_drv_opt;
+	__u32 qp_caps;
+	__u16 rsvd1;
+	__u8 lsmm;
+	__u8 rsvd2;
+};
+
+struct i40iw_create_qp_resp {
+	__u32 qp_id;
+	__u32 actual_sq_size;
+	__u32 actual_rq_size;
+	__u32 i40iw_drv_opt;
+	__u16 push_idx;
+	__u8 lsmm;
+	__u8 rsvd;
+};
+
+struct irdma_modify_qp_resp {
+	__u16 push_idx;
+	__u16 push_offset;
+	__u8 rsvd[4];
+};
+
+struct irdma_create_ah_resp {
+	__u32 ah_id;
+	__u8 rsvd[4];
+};
+#endif /* IRDMA_ABI_H */
