TPM Support [PSARC/2008/725 FastTrack timeout 11/27/2008]

[James Carlson]

Edward Pilatowicz writes:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:14:28PM -0500, James Carlson wrote:
> > Edward Pilatowicz writes:
> >
> > > that said, we could always just forgo this kludge and wait for the full
> > > feature integration.  the project team is now aware of the deficiencies
> > > in their currently proposed zones integration, so it seems like this is
> > > something we'll see them address in a future case.
> >
> > If we going to specify or even mandate something from the ARC level,
> > I'd rather that it be a clean solution rather than a kludge that needs
> > to be removed later.
> >
> 
> sure...  but not being an arc member, and not wanting to stand in way of
> generally good forward progress, i don't really feel comfortable
> "mandating" anything...  hence i was viewing this more as a constructive
> discussion and i was trying to suggest something that i thought might be
> an "easy" interim solution (and i could be wrong about the "easy" part)
> before a real solution is delivered (which could realistically be never
> since i don't really have any authority in this process, nor do i have a
> budget with which to fund future work).

As someone with useful engineering experience in Zones, you're an
important part of the ARC community.  Not being a member means that
you can't actually vote on a case and a few other minor issues, but
your opinion *does* matter quite a bit here.  The ARC members aren't
and can't be experts in everything, which is where the rest of
engineering comes in.  This is first, and foremost, a technical
review; not a star chamber.  ;-}

You've been describing an alternate solution.  In doing so (and trying
to make trade-offs), there's always the risk that the project team
sees it as "what the ARC told them to do."  As long as we're in that
area, I want to make sure we're looking at all the options and not
jumping to one answer that seems like an expedient, but temporary,
fix.

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