diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/cm/pml_cm_request.c b/ompi/mca/pml/cm/pml_cm_request.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
+ *                         University Research and Technology
+ *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
+ *                         reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
+ *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The Regents of the University of California.
+ *                         All rights reserved.
+ * $COPYRIGHT$
+ *
+ * Additional copyrights may follow
+ *
+ * $HEADER$
+ */
+
+#include "ompi_config.h"
+
+#include "pml_cm.h"
+#include "pml_cm_request.h"
+
+
+static void mca_pml_cm_request_construct( mca_pml_cm_request_t* req) { 
+    OBJ_CONSTRUCT(&req->req_convertor, ompi_convertor_t);
+    req->req_ompi.req_type = OMPI_REQUEST_PML;
+}
+
+static void mca_pml_cm_request_destruct( mca_pml_cm_request_t* req) { 
+    OBJ_DESTRUCT(&req->req_convertor);
+}
+
+OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(mca_pml_cm_request_t, 
+                   ompi_request_t, 
+                   mca_pml_cm_request_construct,
+                   mca_pml_cm_request_destruct);
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/cm/pml_cm_request.h b/ompi/mca/pml/cm/pml_cm_request.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
+ *                         University Research and Technology
+ *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
+ *                         reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
+ *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The Regents of the University of California.
+ *                         All rights reserved.
+ * $COPYRIGHT$
+ *
+ * Additional copyrights may follow
+ *
+ * $HEADER$
+ */
+
+#ifndef PML_CM_REQUEST_H
+#define PML_CM_REQUEST_H
+
+#include "ompi/mca/pml/base/pml_base_sendreq.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/pml/base/pml_base_bsend.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/pml/pml.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/mtl/mtl.h"
+
+/**
+ * Type of request.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    MCA_PML_CM_REQUEST_NULL,
+    MCA_PML_CM_REQUEST_SEND,
+    MCA_PML_CM_REQUEST_RECV,
+    MCA_PML_CM_REQUEST_IPROBE,
+    MCA_PML_CM_REQUEST_PROBE
+} mca_pml_cm_request_type_t;
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ *  Base type for PML CM P2P requests 
+ */
+struct mca_pml_cm_request_t { 
+    ompi_request_t req_ompi;              /**< base request */
+    volatile bool req_pml_complete;       /**< flag indicating if the pt-2-pt layer is done with this request */
+    volatile bool req_free_called;        /**< flag indicating if the user has freed this request */
+    mca_pml_cm_request_type_t req_pml_type;
+    ompi_convertor_t req_convertor;       /**< always need the convertor */
+};
+typedef struct mca_pml_cm_request_t mca_pml_cm_request_t;
+OMPI_DECLSPEC OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_cm_request_t);
+
+#endif