The ARC at Sun "host manages" several namespace registries; some were/are as simple as an authorative text file "list" that is updated via ARC cases.
-John Garrett D'Amore wrote: > I would like to register the T10 vendor ID of "OSOL" for OpenSolaris. > (T10 is the authority that manages the SCSI namespace.) > > The reason I want to do this is to allow emulated SCSI devices to have a > T10 vendor ID for inquiry data, both normal page 0 and page 83 simulated > inquiries. > > It appears that the process of requesting a T10 vendor ID is free and > simple. > > 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?) > > -- Garrett > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
