req->priv.req_it_iu_len = cpu_to_be32(srp_max_iu_len);
        req->priv.req_buf_fmt   = cpu_to_be16(SRP_BUF_FORMAT_DIRECT |
                                              SRP_BUF_FORMAT_INDIRECT);
-       memcpy(req->priv.initiator_port_id, target->srp_host->initiator_port_id, 16);
+       /*
+        * In the published SRP specification (draft rev. 16a), the 
+        * port identifier format is 8 bytes of ID extension followed
+        * by 8 bytes of GUID.  Older drafts put the two halves in the
+        * opposite order, so that the GUID comes first.
+        *
+        * Targets conforming to these obsolete drafts can be
+        * recognized by the I/O Class they report.
+        */
+       if (target->io_class == SRP_REV10_IB_IO_CLASS) {
+               memcpy(req->priv.initiator_port_id,
+                      target->srp_host->initiator_port_id + 8, 8);
+               memcpy(req->priv.initiator_port_id + 8,
+                      target->srp_host->initiator_port_id, 8);
+               memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id,     &target->ioc_guid, 8);
+               memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id + 8, &target->id_ext, 8);
+       } else {
+               memcpy(req->priv.initiator_port_id,
+                      target->srp_host->initiator_port_id, 16);
+               memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id,     &target->id_ext, 8);
+               memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id + 8, &target->ioc_guid, 8);
+       }
+
        /*
         * Topspin/Cisco SRP targets will reject our login unless we
         * zero out the first 8 bytes of our initiator port ID.  The
                       (unsigned long long) be64_to_cpu(target->ioc_guid));
                memset(req->priv.initiator_port_id, 0, 8);
        }
-       memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id,     &target->id_ext, 8);
-       memcpy(req->priv.target_port_id + 8, &target->ioc_guid, 8);
 
        status = ib_send_cm_req(target->cm_id, &req->param);
 
        SRP_OPT_SERVICE_ID      = 1 << 4,
        SRP_OPT_MAX_SECT        = 1 << 5,
        SRP_OPT_MAX_CMD_PER_LUN = 1 << 6,
+       SRP_OPT_IO_CLASS        = 1 << 7,
        SRP_OPT_ALL             = (SRP_OPT_ID_EXT       |
                                   SRP_OPT_IOC_GUID     |
                                   SRP_OPT_DGID         |
        { SRP_OPT_SERVICE_ID,           "service_id=%s"         },
        { SRP_OPT_MAX_SECT,             "max_sect=%d"           },
        { SRP_OPT_MAX_CMD_PER_LUN,      "max_cmd_per_lun=%d"    },
+       { SRP_OPT_IO_CLASS,             "io_class=%x"           },
        { SRP_OPT_ERR,                  NULL                    }
 };
 
                        target->scsi_host->cmd_per_lun = min(token, SRP_SQ_SIZE);
                        break;
 
+               case SRP_OPT_IO_CLASS:
+                       if (match_hex(args, &token)) {
+                               printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "bad  IO class parameter '%s' \n", p);
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+                       if (token != SRP_REV10_IB_IO_CLASS &&
+                           token != SRP_REV16A_IB_IO_CLASS) {
+                               printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "unknown IO class parameter value"
+                                      " %x specified (use %x or %x).\n",
+                                      token, SRP_REV10_IB_IO_CLASS, SRP_REV16A_IB_IO_CLASS);
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+                       target->io_class = token;
+                       break;
+
                default:
                        printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "unknown parameter or missing value "
                               "'%s' in target creation request\n", p);
        target = host_to_target(target_host);
        memset(target, 0, sizeof *target);
 
+       target->io_class   = SRP_REV16A_IB_IO_CLASS;
        target->scsi_host  = target_host;
        target->srp_host   = host;