Re: [iSCSI:] Logout request -- reason? Correction

[Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com>]

Hello,

Can we stop making changes to the iscsi pdu formats ? We are never going
to make it to RFC and ship some iscsi products, if we continue to keep
requesting cosmetic changes to the spec. We should freeze the spec now
and stop making changes, unless the change fixes something that is
broken.

Thanks,
Santosh



Luben Tuikov wrote:
> 
> Could we do the same to Task Mgmt. Func. Req.
> (Function -> byte 2) and to SNACK (Type -> byte 2).
> Both PDUs have byte 2 reserved to 0.
> 
> If not, please elaborate.
> 
> --
> Luben
> 
> Luben Tuikov wrote:
> >
> > Let me correct this:
> >
> > I was under the impression that byte 1 in BHS
> > is a flags byte -- i.e. bit values.
> >
> > I now see that the reason code is moved exactly there,
> > in the Logout request PDU.
> >
> > Could anyone please explain the logic behind this?
> >
> > At the same time byte 2 and 3 are reserved to 0.
> >
> > Why don't we:
> >
> > 1)  Move the reason code to byte 2. This will
> >     make it _consistent_ with the response byte
> >     in Logout Response.
> >
> > 2)  Make the value start at 0x80, as to hide
> >     the ugliness of F = 1, and the fact that
> >     we are trying to fit a numerical value (!)
> >     and a bit value (!) in the same octet.
> >
> > Comments?

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