> Hi all, > > It appears the current Linux iSER initiator does not send the HELLO message > when the connection transits to full feature phase. The stgt target also > ignores this message (if it were to appear). Both of these implementations > use a non-conformant iSER header (they add write_va and read_va fields, which > incidentally do not appear to be used). Are these changes documented anywhere > in the IB domain, or are these variations needed for another reason? > > If these deviations from the RFC are not needed and were to be fixed (along > with the offset fix), then these implementations can detect the current mode > of operation by examining the size > of the iSER header received. The choice > to proceed in the broken way, or to terminate the connection (with big loud > error messages) is the implementor's choice. Either way, the issue is > detected and corruption avoided. > > Thoughts?
Take a look at the iSER for IB annex: http://www.infinibandta.org/members/spec/Annex_iSER.PDF Erez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To post to this group, send email to open-iscsi@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
