Re: ATA-6 Draft Proposal Changes for "vender-unique".

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 16:20:52 EST


On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

>
> Upon a more exact definintion, I will request a formal NCITS number.

OOPS.....forgot to create the command.

0) The shall be the creation of a command the defaults to the disable
state of the "vender-unique enable" callbacks.

> 1) All devices shall reject all vender-specific commands when the
> vender-unique enable is not set. In addition enabling any vender-specific
> commands shall not be done by anyone but the vender of the product.
>
> 2) The HOST portion of the reporting-logs will be defined as a a record to
> record the time and date of these vender-unique enable calls. This will
> be a write only and shall not earasable by any means. In addition the
> vender shall provide a signature the authenticates the approved access,
> and all other accesses may optionally provide a signature.
>
> Because of the lack in clarity and the rule that which (paraphrased)
> states: That which is not in the standard is not part of the standard.

Respectfully,

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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