Re: iSCSI: firstburst and maxburst

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

Oops! I guess I'll have to make 0 legal and indicate no limit.

Thanks,
Julo

Sandeep Joshi <sandeepj@research.bell-labs.com> on 10-05-2001 18:18:13

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Julian,

I wasnt referring to "0" in the text key value range but rather
in the mode pages.

I guess this question might arise in applications which interpret
mode pages at the initiator or at gateways, and then convert them
to-and-from TextCmds.

Is it reasonable to assume that a zero in a mode page implies the
corresponding maximum length allowed by iSCSI?

-Sandeep

> Sandeep,
>
> The current draft considers 0 an illegal value.  I wonder if making 0 a
> no-limit indication
> is really needed.
>
> Thanks,
> Julo
>
> > sandeepj@research.bell-labs.com (Sandeep Joshi) on 07-05-2001 20:34:19
> >
> > Please respond to sandeepj@research.bell-labs.com (Sandeep Joshi)
> >
> > To:   ips@ece.cmu.edu
> > cc:
> > Subject:  iSCSI: firstburst and maxburst
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Julian,
> >
> > SPC-2 revision 19: section 8.3.7 Disconnect-reconnect page
> > states that a value of "0" indicates no limit on the maximum
> > and first burst size.
> >
> > Current range for the corresponding text keys from Appendix E
> > are (1 to 2^15-1)*512 bytes.
> >
> > How should iSCSI interpret a zero ?
> >
> > regards,
> > -Sandeep
> >
> >