May 11, 1989 The CAM (Common Access Method) Committee meeting of May 11, was hosted by NCR at the Hilton Hotel in Michita. The following attendees were present: M. Aarons EMULEX L. McCullough NCR D. Allan ENDL G. Milligan CDC IMPRIMIS A. Amet TALLGRASS T. Murray NCR J. Armstrong NCR B. Pham NCR S. Betts NCR J. Polonsky SMS J. Blankenship NCR K. Post FUTURE DOMAIN P. Boulay LMS OSD C. Rhodes OLIVETTI D. Brockus EMULEX L. Robinson STORAGE DIMENS'NS F. Burgess SEAGATE S. Shah WESTERN DIGITAL B. Chang AMD T. Shea ADAPTEC J. Chen CIRRUS LOGIC G. Stevens ONTRACK COMP SYS D. Evans WESTERN DIGITAL E. Tausheck HEWLETT PACKARD R. Hoenhle SEAGATE R. Tewell COLUMBIA DATA A. Jardetzky OLIVETTI D. Thompson TANDON M. Jerbic HEWLETT PACKARD M. Torhan STORAGE DIMENS'NS A. Jones MICRODESIGN INTL T. Treadway DPT J. Kahn SUN MICROSYSTEMS D. Trupski OLIVETTI J. Lawlor AT&T IS J. Valerio RADIX MICRO R. Lewis EMULEX M. Van Scherrenburg NAT SEMI R. Liu FUJITSU AMERICA T. Whitcher EASTMAN KODAK P. Manley SYQUEST K. Won DTC G. Marazas IBM C. Yang PANASONIC B. Mathrani DATA GENERAL E. Young ARCHIVE Jerry Armstrong and Shishir Shah met to merge their proposals on the SIM Module and Initialization. A copy of the preliminary document is included in the mailing. Jerry will develop a more comprehensive document for June 8. Ron Perry was not present but will be asked if he can complete a revision on the DOS OSD by June 8. Rick Tewell will concentrate on documenting the router functions of the Transport Module to complement the SIM and DOS OSD by June 8. The goal is to have a complete specification of what is needed for a DOS CAM at Cupertino. Tracy Murray and Tom Shea have found that there are several things which they need to know in order to proceed on the OSD for OS/2. They are going to put together a shopping list of functions needed. Tracy asked if Microsoft OEMs involved in CAM are willing sign their names to a letter asking that Microsoft respond. It appears that Microsoft is not anxious to lend sup[port unless CAM is something that their OEMs are serious about wanting. An OS/2 Working Group will get together at a time and place to be selected by Tracy Murray. Watch the SCSI BBS to find out where and when. The presentation made by Jerry Marazas on how IBM plans to use to support SCSI is attached. Jerry could not answer implementation details or predict when a product which supported SCSI might become available, but did provide a global overview of the architecture. Jerry described functions beyond those available in the Rev 1.1 of OS/2. Of special interest and concern was the added capabilities of the Interrupt Manager. IBM is going to work with the CAM Committee to provide as much detail as can be publicly made available until such time as products are announced. In the meantime, companies can approach IBM to find out if they can receive more complete support under OEM non-disclosure. Shishir described a resolution to the dilemma debated at the Denver meeting on how an OS-independent SIM could request resource allocation at time of need rather than time of request. Nested interrupts were identified as another capability which needs to be supported. Future Meetings: Air fares are the most expensive part of attending meetings, and in recent months we have all noticed a general increase in costs as the airlines cut back on their discounted travel programs. The airlines which have agreed to provide special air fares for all CAM meetings (as well as other ANSI meetings and working groups) are United and Northwest. Clint Ballard has arranged a special fare with American for the meeting he is hosting. The arrangements for each airline are the same. - Call a special 800 number which connects you to the Meetings desk. - The Meetings desk has limited hours, so no late night calling! - Supply the Travel ID Number for the airline you are calling. - Receive a flat 40% discount on regular air fares. - Receive an additional 5% on discounted fares. - Make arrangements at least 7 days in advance. - You can be ticketed by your own agent. Travel agents can use the number but they do not seem to like calling the Meetings desk - it takes longer than making reservations on their terminals and the airfare is lower (smaller commission). Airline Phone Number Meeting ------- ----- ------ ------- United 800-521-4041 413TA All Northwest 800-328-1111 15201 All American 800-433-1790 0269VB 6/8/89 only Our hosts are committed to a minimum number of room nights which are used to offset the cost of the conference rooms. Please make sure the hotel is given the name of the host organizing the meeting, even if it means placing the call yourself. Date Host City Hotel Hotel Phone ---- ---- ---- ----- ----------- 6/ 8/89 Ballard Synergy Cupertino Cupertino Inn 408-996-7700 7/12/89 AT&T Chicago Ramada O'Hare 800-272-6232 * 8/9-10 Emulex Newport Beach tba 9/ 8/89 Imprimis Oklahoma City tba 10/ 6/89 DPT Orlando tba 11/ 1/89 Future Domain Irvine tba * Note that this is a 2-day meeting on the assumption that we will have to review documents and take voting decisions on level of completion. Homework ATA and EATA are now included in a single document which is attached. Rev 1.2 added Sections 8 and 9, expands 10 and adds an Appendix. You did not see Rev 1.1, it was an intermediate revision which was updated by Tom Treadway to include information beyond the EATA proposal which was in the last mailing. We are looking for critics (some have already been heard from based on the documents distributed in the last mailing). A review of ATA and EATA is scheduled at Quantum on June 7, the day before the next meeting. Please bring 15 sets of comments for all to look at. Also attached is a description provided by Rich Moren of /dev/scsi. This should be read by all Unix afficionados, and comments passed to Rich. Enjoy your reading, I. Dal Allan