SCSI-3 Reseved Fields and Codes

[Gene Milligan]

Roy Shenfield wrote:
>Now maybe drive company A could argue that it's drive's performance will be
better than
>drive B due to not having to check reserved bits, but maybe some of C's
customers also do
>qualification testing that would notice this difference, so that this argument
will not
>satisfy C.
 
 The only answer to the problem you pose is to not have any options. Your
conclusion is completely dependant upon who "C" is. Some make "A" change and
some make "B" change. And if "C" has implemented a SCSI-4 bit reserved in
SCSI-3 after 3 million drives are shipped they will be delighted to get all the
rejections just to satisfy a simple minded test.
--
Gene Milligan -- Gene_Milligan at notes.seagate.com
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