[rbridge] RBridge Channel: A change re Hop Count

[Dinesh Dutt]

Agreed,

Dinesh
On 05/30/2011 04:05 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
> That sounds better; it's useful to have a default.
>
> Joe
>
> On 5/30/2011 3:34 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:
>> Maybe the wording should be something like "... by default the Hop
>> Count is set to 0x3F but channel protocols MAY specify that it be set
>> to other values..."
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Donald
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Joe Touch<touch at isi.edu>   wrote:
>>> Any number other than max means MUST is irrelevant since you can't know what
>>> app/service sent the packet. I think that's OK, but then IMO just omit the
>>> MUST.
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Vishwas Manral<vishwas.ietf at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Donald,
>>>
>>> You are right.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vishwas
>>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Donald Eastlake<d3e3e3 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>> Reviewing draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-channel-00, I notice that it says
>>>> that RBridge Channel messages MUST be sent with the maximum Hop Count
>>>> of 0x3F. That's useful for checking the a message has only gone one
>>>> hop or the like. However, for channel messages to be useful for some
>>>> applications like traceroute, they need to be sent with other Hop
>>>> Counts values. So I think that provision needs an escape and needs to
>>>> say they MUST be sent with a maximum Hop Count unless a particular
>>>> channel protocol specifies otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Donald
>>>> =============================
>>>>    Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
>>>>    155 Beaver Street
>>>>    Milford, MA 01757 USA
>>>>    d3e3e3 at gmail.com
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