Renaming Command Deadlines (14-107)
James C Hatfield
james.c.hatfield at seagate.com
Fri Oct 17 08:32:37 PDT 2014
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The term that T13 standards have used for years is
CCTL = command completion time limit
Thank You !!!
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Gerry Houlder <gerry.houlder at seagate.com>
wrote:
> My first choice is to keep the "command deadline" label. We have a
> definitions section to describe exactly what we mean.
>
> If that option fails, my second choice is "command time limit". Time limit
> is an acknowledged synonym for deadline. Again, if folks need more
> clarification than that, read the definition of the term.
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Paul Suhler <Paul.Suhler at hgst.com> wrote:
>
>> At Tuesdayâs SAM-5 call, I received a recommendation not to use the
>> term âcommand deadline timeâ because that implied an absolute wall
clock
>> time, rather than a duration that begins when the command is received by
>> the device server.
>>
>>
>>
>> One suggestion was âcommand processing time limit.â This could be
>> confusing because itâs too close to âcommand processing timeout,â
which is
>> in SPC-4 and is a totally different concept; see the command timeouts
>> descriptor in REPORT SUPPORTED OPCODES. Moreover, âtime limitâ could
also
>> imply a wall clock time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another objection I have is that Iâd be replacing three words with four
>> and this proposal is wordy enough already.
>>
>>
>>
>> How about:
>>
>>
>>
>> a) Command duration limit (Do we **have** to say âprocessingâ â
can
>> it be implicit?)
>>
>> b) Command lifetime limit
>>
>>
>>
>> Other suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> *Paul A. Suhler, PhD*
>>
>> Research Staff Member
>>
>> HGST Research
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