Obsolete mixed command and data, mixed data and response
Edwin Lee
edwinlee at ix.netcom.com
Thu Nov 19 21:26:13 PST 1998
* From the T10 (formerly SCSI) Reflector (t10 at symbios.com), posted by:
* Edwin Lee <edwinlee at ix.netcom.com>
*
Well said Jeff.
Ed Lee
Jeff Stai wrote:
> hi,
>
> The only benefits I can see to having more than one
> IU in a Sequence are:
>
> - You only use one SEQ_ID to send more than one IU,
> thereby saving "precious SEQ_ID resources"...
>
> - You can send more than one IU without resorting
> to Sequence Streaming.
>
> Downside:
>
> - Any Sequence error whacks more than one IU.
>
> - You can only send one IU of a category in a
> Sequence.
>
> The upsides don't seem all that great, and the downsides
> seem kind of annoying. Please correct me if I missed
> something!
>
> Sounds like it could be worth removing from FC-FS,
> or at least deprecating it, in the interest of
> promoting "creeping simplicity".
>
> Let's think about it, and maybe a few other things too?
>
> thanks! jeff
>
> jeff stai
> BROCADE(R) communications systems inc.
> 15707 rockfield bl #215, irvine ca 92618
> 949-455-2908vm, 949-455-9287fx
> stai at brocade.com http://www.brocade.com/
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