RE: iSCSI: large keys during login?

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>]

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Eddy Quicksall wrote:

> Regarding the following sentence in 9.10.4, can we say the key and equal
> sign most not be spanned? The reason I ask for this is because it makes the
> parsing of the key much easier if you don't have it cut into two PDUs.

Wouldn't it just be easier to just read the whole extended text and then
parse? i.e.

	do {
		Read_packet(&empty part of buffer)
		if (packet doesn't end with a NUL) {
			send response asking for more
			make sure there's more space in buffer
		}
	} while (packet doesn't end with a NUL)

	parse while buffer

Why would you be parsing the text before it has all arrived? Or is it more
you were going to keep things in different buffers, and don't want to
fumble with the key spanning buffers?

Take care,

Bill