Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> I would like to register the T10 vendor ID of "OSOL" for OpenSolaris.
>
> Have you gotten the permission of the trademark holder for this usage or
> are you requesting the OGB request this permission?
Hmmm.... that's a wrinkle I didn't consider. I can request it, as
needed. It is for the OpenSolaris project's use, after all (and is for
work being done on behalf of the trademark holder. :-)
>
>> My biggest concern here is how we as a group will manage the
>> subsequent namespace. I.e. registering the T10 vendor ID is useless
>> if we do not come up with a way to manage other portions of the SCSI
>> namespace. (E.g. figuring how to portion out SCSI device ids...) I
>> have a need for a project specific device id prefix, ala "SDcard-xxxx".
>>
>> Does anyone in the storage community or OGB have any particular ideas
>> how best to handle this? It sort of sounds like creation of another
>> sort of namespace authority. (Btw, a similar registration authority
>> is likely to be needed for other things as the project grows, e.g.
>> device driver names, package names, other things?)
>
> Management of namespaces like this is traditionally handled by the ARC's.
Right. But there needs to be a registry (database) somewhere, as well,
I think. ARC cases can be run when changes to the database are required.
-- Garrett
