SMC-3 approved document 05-070r1 is an editorial mess
Ralph O. Weber
roweber at IEEE.org
Wed May 25 05:35:44 PDT 2005
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The SMC-3 minutes note the approval of 05-070r1 for inclusion
in a new revision of SMC-3.
A quick review of the approved document shows several problems
that will be a Letter Ballot comments gold mine.
o The field is called SERVICE ACTION, not ACTION CODE.
o It is not possible to make the low order bit of the
SERVICE ACTION field Obsolete for two reasons:
a) The command is not defined in a previous SMC-3
standard.
b) The format of the SERVICE ACTION field is defined
in SPC-x and the low order bit is not Obsolete.
The Obsolete bit must be removed and the SERVICE ACTION
code values (in table x+1) revised accordingly, i.e.,
0h - 1h -- Reserved (or Vendor Specific, take your choice)
2h -- Open import/export element for operator access
3h -- Reserved (or Vendor Specific, take your choice)
4h -- Close import/export element
...
Personally, I have no problems with the SMC-3 editor making
these corrections when 05-070r1 is incorporated. I cannot
speak to the opinions of the SMC-3 working group.
All the best,
.Ralph
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