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Re: [lmap] Feedback on draft-eardley-lmap-terminology

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Wed, 24 July 2013 20:49 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
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Subject: Re: [lmap] Feedback on draft-eardley-lmap-terminology
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:18:07PM +0100, Paul Aitken wrote:
 
> MA's should do what they're requested by controllers as best as
> they're able. I can't immediately think of a situation where an MA
> could be given conflicting instructions. However, if conflicts are
> possible the MA could enqueue the requested tests to be run
> sequentially to avoid inter-test conflict. If conflict can arise
> from two controllers, then it can also arise by requesting the same
> tests from a single controller - so designing this limitation into
> the system gains nothing.

C1: do test X
C2: don't do test X

or

C1: do test X every 10 minutes
C2: do test X every 8 minutes

What should the MA do?

/js

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