PWG Mail Archive: Re: Deprecate chPort9100 channel type?

Re: Deprecate chPort9100 channel type?

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Wed, 23 Oct 96 15:23 EDT

Bob,

Thanks for responding:

> HP LaserJet printers with an HP JetDirect card will report chPort9100 for
> one of the prtChannelType objects.
>
> It can be deprecated but my understanding of deprecated objects just means
> "Please don't use in the future." HP will continue to use that value until
> we have a new implementation.

Yep, this is an acceptable plan of attack, according to IETF tradition
(as I understand it).

Is it fair to say, then, that HP has no problem with deprecating
the chPort9100 enum?

...jay