Re: aic7xxx sets CDR offline, how to reset?

[Mike Anderson <andmike@us.ibm.com>]

James Bottomley [James.Bottomley@steeleye.com] wrote:
> jeremy@classic.engr.sgi.com said:
> > For example, in Fibrechannel using class 3 (the usual)
> 
> > 	send command (command frame corrupted; device does not receive)
> > 	send barrier (completes normally)
> > 	... (lots of time goes by, many more commands are processed)
> > 	timeout original command whose command frame was corrupted 
> 
> This doesn't look right to me from the SCSI angle  I don't see how you can get 
> a successful disconnect on a command the device doesn't receive (I take it 
> this is some type of Fibre magic?).  Of course, if the device (or its proxy) 
> does receive the command then the ordered queue tag implementation requires 
> that the corrupted frame command be processed prior to the barrier,  this 
> isn't optional if you obey the spec.  Thus, assuming the processor does no 
> integrity checking of the command until it does processing (this should be a 
> big if), then we still must get notification of the failed command before the 
> barrier tag is begun.  Obviously, from that notification we do then race to 
> eliminate the overtaking tags.

In FC class 3 if you are logged into a port then notice of this loss
doesn't happen until a upper level timeout occurs (ULTP?). The loss can
happen prior to the command reaching the device (i.e. the switch can
drop the frame). If a corrupted frame makes it to the device it will be
discarded as there is not much it can do with a frame containing unreliable
data. In FC class 2 frames are ack'd so the recovery can be much more
responsive.


-Mike
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Michael Anderson
andmike@us.ibm.com