RE: iSCSI 07-95 Comment 1

[Black_David@emc.com]

Like all other bits, the X bit is active when set to '1'.  --David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Dineen [mailto:tdineen@redswitch.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:35 PM
> To: Sanjeev Bhagat (TRIPACE/Zoetermeer)
> Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu; Thomas Dineen
> Subject: Re: iSCSI 07-95 Comment 1
> 
> 
> Sanjeev:
> 
>   I disagree!
> 
>   Maybe I should have provided a few more words in my 
> original comment.
> 
>   For example the X Bit: Dose a one state mean Retry? Dose a zero mean
> Restart?
> 
>   We need to specify what happens when the bit is one and what if
> anything happens
> when the bit is zero.
> 
>    These details are specified for other variables in the draft.
> 
> Thomas Dineen
> 
> 
> "Sanjeev Bhagat (TRIPACE/Zoetermeer)" wrote:
> > 
> > Gentleman :),
> > 
> > The PDU described is a data structure and not a hardware 
> signal on a bus. So
> > it is not necessary to define it as active or negative.
> > 
> > Am I wrong??
> > 
> > Sanjeev
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Dineen [mailto:tdineen@redswitch.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:15 AM
> > To: ips@ece.cmu.edu; Thomas Dineen
> > Subject: iSCSI 07-95 Comment 1
> > 
> > GentlePeople:
> > 
> > "3.2.1.1 X
> > The X bit is used as a Retry/Restart indicator for request 
> PDUs (PDUs
> > from initiator to target). This bit is always 1 for response PDUs
> > (PDUs from target to initiator)."
> > 
> > "3.2.1.2 I
> > The I bit is used as immediate delivery marker for request 
> PDUs (PDUs
> > from initiator to target). This bit is always 1 for response PDUs
> > (PDUs from target to initiator)."
> > 
> > - Reading the above paragraphs I do not get a sence of whether the
> > X and I bits are active for a one or zero state. Please specify the
> > logical function of both the X and I bits for both the one and zero
> > states.
> > 
> > Thomas Dineen
>