RE: iSCSI: length and size

[Black_David@emc.com]

Julian,

 

I tend to agree with Pat - this is an editorial issue

regarding clarity of the document, and raising it is not

abuse of the WG Last Call process.  It's ok to raise

the issue - given your (document editor/primary author)

reluctance to make the requested change, the WG co-chairs

will have to make a decision about how to resolve this

(probably around the end of the Last Call period) - one

possible resolution is to decide that the document is ok

without the change.

 

BTW - this is a general principle of WG Last Call - the

WG co-chairs have some discretion (particularly with editorial

comments) in deciding whether an issue raised during WG

Last Call requires changes in the draft.

 

Thanks,

--David

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-----Original Message-----
From: pat_thaler@agilent.com [mailto:pat_thaler@agilent.com]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 5:31 PM
To: Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu; owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: RE: iSCSI: length and size

I don't understand why you find that.

 

Pat

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 9:54 AM
To: pat_thaler@agilent.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu; owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu; pat_thaler@agilent.com
Subject: RE: iSCSI: length and size

I personally find this as an abuse of the last call process.

Julo

pat_thaler@agilent.com 06/17/2002 07:14 PM Please respond to pat_thaler

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, pat_thaler@agilent.com         cc:        ips@ece.cmu.edu, owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu         Subject:        RE: iSCSI: length and size

Julian, It is an issue for last call. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 9:06 AM
To: THALER,PAT (A-Roseville,ex1)
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu; owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: iSCSI: length and size


Pat,

Is this a wish or an issue for the WG last call?

Julo

"THALER,PAT (A-Roseville,ex1)" <pat_thaler@agilent.com> Sent by: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu 06/15/2002 02:50 AM Please respond to "THALER,PAT (A-Roseville,ex1)"

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL        cc:        ips@ece.cmu.edu        Subject:        iSCSI: length and size

Julian,

iSCSI-13 uses "length" quite a bit more than 100 times. Many of those times are in regard to the length of data, headers, and PDUs

e.g.
The basic header segment has a fixed length of 48 bytes.
Expected Data Transfer Length
Each PDU contains the payload length and the data offset....

It also uses size about 40 times with the same meaning as length. Most of these are the terms MaxBurstSize and FirstBurstSize and text associated with those terms.

It would be better (less likely to confuse readers and better for those of us who look for information using search tools) to choose one of those terms and always use it when talking about length/size. I don't care which is chosen.

Pat