RE: FCIP: A question about framing

["Bernard Aboba" <aboba@internaut.com>]

>I am a bit confused on how the URGENT pointer can be used
>to do record marking... which is what is being attempted with
>the PUSH bit. 

You're not alone. 

>I fail to see how one can tell the 3 frames apart...

Uh... you can't. :)

>I do NOT see how either PUSH or URGENT markers can be used for
>something they were never intended for.. i.e. changing TCP
>into a datagram oriented protocol..

This is another example of an attempt to create a combined
transport (iSCSI/TCP) that is fundamentally different from TCP
as defined in RFC 793. 

Might I suggest that a more profitable approach would be to
spend some time coming up with set of requirements for the 
transport?