RE: remove exofs, the T10 OSD code and block/scsi bidi support V3

From: Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2018 - 16:33:01 EST




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> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-kernel-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Douglas Gilbert
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: remove exofs, the T10 OSD code and block/scsi bidi support V3
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> While on the subject of bidi, the order of transfers: is the data-out
> (to the target) always before the data-in or is it the target device
> that decides (depending on the semantics of the command) who is first?

In SCSI, that was command-specific. Some necessitated intermixing the
transfers, while others did all one direction before all the other
direction.

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Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory