Re: Portable CA server?

[mcgehee@noao.edu]

> There is a great deal of demand for on-line add and delete. I think a small
> change can be made to allow hardware address modification on-line. Then spares
> can be placed in the database. This may provide a little relief. However,
> production machines need to have this add/delete capability.
Hardware address modification is one thing - but a general add/delete capability
that effects the nature of the INP/OUT/FWD links (i.e. rearranges the lock
sets) seems to be much more complex...

> A portable channel access server is planned as part of the channel access 
> version 4 upgrade. The functional specs for version 4 are not yet finalized.
> 
> These are both long lead items that need support and direction to get off the
> starting mark. Anyone that would like to support this issue (people or money -
> opinions are welcome too) should unite and address this in the very near future.
Agreed. Anyone else?

Peregrine