Re: iSCSI Boot: Technical Issues

[Mark Bakke <mbakke@cisco.com>]

Luben-

I like it.

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Mark

Luben Tuikov wrote:
> 
> --- Mark Bakke <mbakke@cisco.com> wrote:
> > I see your point.  In fact, we would take "4" as
> > 0004-0000-0000-0000.  How about saying:
> >
> > Within dashes, zeroes to the left; e.g. 4A == 004A.
> > Missing dashed fields become zeroes to the right.
> >
> > 4A = 004A-0000-0000-0000
> > 12C-4-32 = 012C-0004-0032-0000
> 
> The examples are great, though the stipulation is not
> formal as there are _only_ two groups ``within dashes''.
> 
> A clear an unambiguous stipulation would include
> this definition plus your examples:
> 
>       Within each group of 4 hexacedimal digits zeros are
>       filled to the right, and groups of zeros are filled
>       to the left.
> 
>       Example:
>         4A = 004A-0000-0000-0000
>         12C-4-32 = 012C-0004-0032-0000
> 
> The advantage is that is is formal, and unambiguous
> without a doubt. It implicitly defines what a group
> is (four hexadecimal digits), if not defined anywhere
> in the embedding document.
> 
> --
> Luben
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