Ketan, 

Can you please check the latest and hopefully clear your DISCUS? 

Thanks,
Acee

> On Jun 26, 2026, at 4:19 AM, Ketan Talaulikar via Datatracker 
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> DISCUSS:
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> Thanks to the authors and the WG for their work on their document.
> 
> I have two meta topics which I would like to discuss and then a couple of 
> other
> points.
> 
> 1) The link-attr-op-mode knob is not clear since it is neither offering
> detailed description nor referencing the RFC 9492 subsections.
> 
>      choice link-attr-op-mode {
>        default "legacy"; >>> Why is this the default? Is that coming from
>        RFC9492? Note that backwards compatibility is dependent on the
>        application. leaf legacy {
>          type empty;
>          description
>            "Only send legacy advertisements."; >>> I am assuming this means
>            advertisement via OSPFv2 TE Opaque LSA and OSPFv3 Intra-Area-TE-LSA
>            that were originally meant for RSVP-TE use? i.e., per section 12.1.
>            However, this does not work for FlexAlgo.
>        }
>        leaf transition {
>          type empty;
>          description
>            "Send both application-specific and legacy
>             advertisements."; >>> I am assuming this is referring to sec 12.3
>             and if so, it is important to point to that section since there
>             are several considerations.
>        }
>        leaf app-specific {
>          type empty;
>          description
>            "Only send application-specific advertisements."; >>> I am not sure
>            what this means that advertisements via TE Opaque LSA are not even
>            used for RSVP-TE. This would contradict RFC9492 - please check
>            section 12.3.4.
>        }
>        description
>          "Link attributes mode. Default to legacy mode for
>           backward compatibility.";
>      }
> 
> Based on my understanding of RFC9492, we can only think of an enablement knob
> for ASLA advertisements at global level. Certain applications like FlexAlgo
> mandate the use of ASLA. For RSVP-TE, use of TE Opaque ("legacy") is
> recommended. For others like SR and LFA, it can be either ASLA or "legacy" or
> both based on the knob. I am not sure if we want to have this knob on a 
> per-app
> level at least for SR and LFA - for RSVP-TE and FlexAlgo as well as newer 
> apps,
> this is already clearly specified. This is different from IS-IS as OSPF does
> not have the L-bit.
> 
> 2) When new sub-TLVs are introduced under ASLA TLV or under FAD TLV, how does
> the current structure make augmentation of the module easy and 
> straightforward?
> I am not a YANG expert and hence I would like to cross-check.
> 
> 3) The grouping ospf-te-link-attrs is missing SRLG which is also something 
> that
> is configurable on a per-app basis.
> 
> 4) Can't we use IANA maintained modules for fad-flags
> (https://www.iana.org/assignments/igp-parameters/igp-parameters.xhtml#igp-flexible-algorithm-definition-flags
> - also shared with IS-IS) and fapm-flags
> (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ospf-parameters/ospf-parameters.xhtml#flex-algorithm-prefix-metric-bits)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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