Re: iSCSI: using the C bit

[Martins Krikis <mkrikis@yahoo.com>]

--- Eddy Quicksall <eddy_quicksall@ivivity.com> wrote:

> If this is done, the target will not process the
> partial key and may send
> his own key saying "ImmediateData=no". But, the
> initiator has already
> constructed the negotiation and request A+1 would
> violate the protocol
> because ImmediateData has already been negotiated.

Avoiding this kind of a scenario
is exactly why the C-bit got introduced.
One cannot send any data (DataSegmentLength must be 0)
until the other side clears the C-bit, thus allowing
it. C-bit basically says "let me finish speaking".

Martins Krikis, Intel Corp.





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