From: Bill.Martin@emulex.com To: <t10@t10.org> CC: <Shiro.Suzuki@emulex.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:07 -0800 Subject: FW: SAS transition from SP12 to SP0 X-Message-Number: 9333 Formatted message: HTML-formatted message I have not seen a response on this, does anyone have any input on the original intent on this transition? Thanks, Bill Martin Emulex Office of Technology Industry Standards 916 772-3658 916 765-6875 (Cell) bill.martin@emulex.com From: owner-t10@t10.org [mailto:owner-t10@t10.org] On Behalf Of Bill.Martin@emulex.com Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:11 PM To: t10@t10.org; Elliott@hp.com Subject: SAS transition from SP12 to SP0 When a SAS device is in the SP12::SAS_AwaitSNW, receives a COMINIT, and transitions to the SP0:OOB_COMINIT, shall the device remember that it has detected COMINIT or shall it wait for another COMINIT to be received? There is no mention of carrying a state variable forward to the SP0 state. Thanks for any and all opinions. Bill Martin Emulex Office of Technology Industry Standards 916 772-3658 916 765-6875 (Cell) bill.martin@emulex.com