The disadvantages of involving another group (ie 1212) will definitely
outweigh the advantages. The Functional Discovery issue should be dealt
with under 1394..
Best Regards
Ozay Oktay
Canon Information Systems
ozay_oktay@cissc.canon.com
>----------
>From: Atsushi_Nakamura[SMTP:atsnaka@cbs.canon.co.jp]
>Sent: Thursday, July 17, 1997 1:46 AM
>To: p1394@pwg.org
>Subject: Re: P1394> RE:Results of IEEE MSC Meeting on 7/14
>
>Greg,
>
>Is my understanding right that IF in the course of disscusion,
>it turns out that the contents of Function discovery is
>more suitable for the 1394 spec and not 1212,
>the target of our proposal may change ?
>
>I believe that we already have general concensus on what
>information (not yet how....) should be put in the Function
>discovery scheme.(In Japan)
>
>P.S.
>Many PWG-C members would like to know how this Function discovery
>turned out to be a 1212 issue, not a 1394 issue.
>
>
>At 19:19 97/07/16 PDT, gregory_leclair wrote:
>>
>> Ats Nakamura wrote:
>> ==================
>> Since the MSC has agreed to take the function discovery
>> issue up at the IEEE1212 revision working group,
>> does that mean;
>>
>> 1) The MSC sees the function discovery issue as a
>> IEEE1212 problem, not only a IEEE1394 issue?
>> (PCI....etc?)
>>
>> 2) The MSC sees the origional intent of the
>> IEEE1212's definition of the unit directory
>> IS protocol discovery after all, not function discovery.
>>
>>
>> GL>The intent was that some information may fit into 1212.
>>
>> GL>If it does, it should be proposed within the context of the 1212 spec.
>> GL>Since 1212 is up for reaffirmation, this is the time to make requests
>known.
>>
>> GL>We need to identify what information, if any, can/should be put into
>>1212
>
>> GL>space that will solve the function discovery problem.
>>
>
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