> We do not use sequence numbers in SF0. Why do you ask for lollipop
    > sequence scheme?

Sorry, I mispoke.  I'm poor ignorant guy who knows little about scheduling :-)
It's about 6P not SF0... which is used in SFx.
Xavi spoke about it in today's call.

    > I wondered why it was called a Lollipop Sequence Number, so I asked
    > Google,
    > and saw:
    > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop_sequence_numbering

    > which says:
    > Lollipop sequence numbering was originally believed to resolve the
    > ambiguity problem in cyclic sequence numbering schemes, and was used in
    > OSPF version 1 for this reason. Later work showed that this was not the
    > case, like in the ARPANET sequence bug, and OSPF version 2 replaced it
    > with a linear numbering space, with special rules for what happens when
    > the sequence numbers reach the end of the numbering space[1].

    > with a link to:
    > http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=24090&seqNum=4

    > are we sure that we are not being bitten in the same way?


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