> "The method by which the flow state is cleared from the IPv6 nodes > is to be defined by the flow state establishment method used to set > up the state. This implies that IPv6 nodes unable to classify a > packet to an existing flow SHOULD NOT establish any flow-specific > state unless so instructed by a flow state establishment > method. With some flow state establishment methods, signaling new > state simultaneously clearing the old state from the new path may be > sufficient. A mechanism with a sufficiently long timeout period > before reusing the Flow Label values can also be used."
How does the above text relate to the idea (which I thought the WG was interested in) in allowing the Flow Label field to be used for load balancing (i.e., hash the src/dest/label to select the next-hop when there are more than one). Seems like load balancing might not be allowed by the above wording. Is that the intent? Note in the case of simple load balancing, there is no flow state establishment method. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
