Agreed. The profile 0.52 is describing TRANSPORT_CAPABILITIES
command to ease to support flow control. Right? However when
we choose “multiplex connections over a login”, then can we use
same method? If not, do you prefer connections over multiple LUNs?
Greg Shue wrote:
>A larger issue with "current PC OS" implementation may be how
>many outstanding requests can be supported at once by the SBP-2
>driver.
Please write some more,,, as I could not figure out what are
“outstanding requests” on PC OS platform. Are you saying how many
outstanding ORBs can be supported at once over multiple LUUs?
Thank you,
Fumio Nagasaka
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Shue [SMTP:gregs@sdd.hp.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 12:40 AM
> To: Nagasaka Fumio
> Cc: p1394@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: P1394> connection for Function or Service
>
> > However, each service requires a multiplexed connection and
> > each connection requires flow control and send/receive queues.
>
> Whether we multiplex connections over a login or have separate
> logins, each service is accessed over a connection, and each
> connection requires flow control and send/receive queues.
> This is a non-issue in the decision.
>
> A larger issue with "current PC OS" implementation may be how
> many outstanding requests can be supported at once by the SBP-2
> driver.
>
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> Greg Shue
> Hewlett-Packard Company
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