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
>>>
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