On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:31:51AM +0000, Rodney Cummings wrote:

> Yangbo asked:
> > It seems IEEE 1588-2019 specified minorVersionNumber in portDS, 
> > but not in PORT_DATA_SET management TLV data field. It's confusing.

Oh, now I see what yo meant.  Both PORT_DATA_SET and VERSION_NUMBER
include only the major version.  The upper nibble is still reversed in
1588 v2.1.

> That was an oversight. I'll submit a maintenance request to add it.
> It'll happen at the blazing fast speeds of IEEE SA process (sarcasm), but 
> it'll happen eventually.

Right, and so the first legitimate non-zero value for the upper nibble
will be "2" starting with 1588 v2.2.

Thanks,
Richard


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