RE: Question about unsolicited data in 12-95

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>]

On Fri, 31 May 2002, THALER,PAT (A-Roseville,ex1) wrote:

> <snip>
>
> I suggest we change the first full sentance to:
>
>     rate iSCSI data PDUs. An initiator may send unsolicited data as imme-
>     diate up to the negotiated maximum PDU size, in a separate PDU
>     sequence (up to the FirstBurstSize), or both. All subsequent data
>     MUST be solicited. ...
>
> <PAT> The "or both" implies that when sending both the data sent can total
> maximum PDU size plus FirstBurstSize which isn't what was wanted. You could
> fix it by just leaving the description of the length rules to the parameters
> where they are covered:

I'd vote for that.

>     rate iSCSI data PDUs. An initiator may send unsolicited data as imme-
>     diate, in a separate PDU sequence or both. All subsequent data
>     MUST be solicited. ...
> or one could write:
>     rate iSCSI data PDUs. An initiator may send unsolicited data up to
>     FirstBurstSize as immediate (up to the negotiated maximum PDU size),
>     in a separate PDU sequence or both. All subsequent data
>     MUST be solicited. ...
>
> The same problem occurs in the text you suggested for the third paragraph.
> The existing text in that paragraph is accurate though it doesn't
> explicitly mention that sending FirstBurstSize of data may be done
> with a combination of immediate data and unsolicited data. It could be
> left as it is.

I'd vote we make some change. With the existing text, I was confused about
this point until I read section 11.10 & 11.12 (quite a distance from this
text) and asked the list. :-)

Take care,

Bill