Subject: Re: Auditing EventBuffer Descriptor

From: "Rosen, Brian" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:58:05 -0500

I agree with John, AuditValue of EventBuffer returns the
current value (which would be the same as what it was set
to last).

AuditCapabilities of EventBuffer would be identical to
that of EventsDescriptor - a list of all events implemented
on the MG.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Segers [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 3:25 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: Auditing EventBuffer Descriptor
>
>
> Jerry,
>
> The EventBufferDescriptor contains the events that the MG
> looks for when
> EventBufferControl equals LockStep.  If an AuditValue command contains
> EventBuffer descriptor, the MG replies with this information,
> instead of
> the events in the EventBuffer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> Jerry Wong wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tom, list,
> >
> > Currently, the EventBuffer Descriptor is one of the legal
> descriptors for the AuditValue and AuditCapabilities commands
> (as listed in Section 7.2).  However, the Spec has not
> explicitly stated what the two Audit commands should return
> for the EventBuffer Descriptor.
> >
> > It seems to me that the Audit for the ObservedEvents
> Descriptor is already returning what the EventBuffer
> Descriptor should return: (For AuditValue in Section 7.2.5:
> "ObservedEvents returns a list of events in the EventBuffer",
> and for AuditCapabilities in Section 7.2.6:
> "ObservedEventsDescriptor returns the names of active events
> on the termination").
> >
> > Thx,
> > Jerry
>
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