unfortunately, you like it or not Peter, this is already deployed reality with multiple operators that won't go away
-- tony On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert, > > On 27/11/2024 10:32, Robert Raszuk wrote: > > Peter, > > My point was that this should be at least mentioned in operational > considerations section if dynamic flooding is expected to work in mixed > networks where some nodes support new algorithm and some do not > your "regular flooding case". > > you are talking about mixing the manual mesh group with optimized > flooding. I don't think we want to go that path. > > thanks, > > Peter > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 10:28 AM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Robert, >> >> On 27/11/2024 10:22, Robert Raszuk wrote: >> >> Peter, >> >> I am not sure if what Tony said is a requirement or an observation. >> >> > Note that combining routers that run the elected optimized algorithm >> > with routers that do run the regular flooding is not a problem. >> >> Note that static mesh groups can be present today too and you can't >> assume that it is either an optimized algorithm or full flooding. >> >> please do not compare apples with oranges. >> >> Static mesh groups are manually configured and if not done correctly can >> result in broken flooding. What we are discussing here is a dynamic >> flooding algorithm, not manual flooding blocking. >> >> thanks, >> Peter >> >> >> Thx, >> R. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 9:58 AM Peter Psenak <ppsenak= >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 27/11/2024 00:18, Tony Li wrote: >>> > A distributed algorithm computing a flooding topology must only >>> > operate upon nodes running the same algorithm (and version). If >>> > multiple algorithms (and/or versions) are running in the same network, >>> > then any given algorithm and version defines a subgraph and the >>> > algorithm can only optimize flooding within its own subgraph. Legacy >>> > full flooding must be used between subgraphs of different algorithms >>> > or versions. >>> >>> This is a new requirement for the flooding algorithm itself. This does >>> not exist with the existing leader based election, as that guarantees >>> that only one optimized flooding algorithm is ever present in the area. >>> Note that combining routers that run the elected optimized algorithm >>> with routers that do run the regular flooding is not a problem. >>> >>> thanks, >>> Peter >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lsr mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> >> >
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