SSC Read Positoin Command, EOP bit request for clarification

[robbyb at us.ibm.com]

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Dale,
Could you please have this placed on the agenda for the SSC portion of the
meeting?  Thanks.  Given the lack of reflector traffic on the previous note, I
don't believe I'll be able to resolve this on the reflector.  I will be at the
meeting.  This is not a proposal, just a request for clarification.

Also, it would be nice to have a few words from Erich about the SMC-2 proposal.
Is that already on the agenda?

Regards,
Rob Basham

T/L 321-4923  Phone 520-799-4923

---------------------- Forwarded by Rob Basham/Tucson/IBM on 08/18/99 08:24 AM
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Rob Basham
08/12/99 01:36 PM

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From: Rob Basham/Tucson/IBM at IBMUS
Subject:  SSC Read Positoin Command, EOP bit request for clarification



It has always been my understanding that the position of EOP is allowed to vary
|from mount to mount and even from writing to reading.  (Read limits being opened
up to always allow tape interchange reading on a drive with worst possible
variations in EOP positioning).  It isn't clear from reading the SSC document
that this variation is allowed.  Could we get a clarification on this?  I have
an application where it is assumed that EOP will be asserted on the exact same
logical block read as it was when written.

Regards,
Rob Basham

T/L 321-4923  Phone 520-799-4923





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