On Wed, 2018-12-19 at 13:16 +0100, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote: > Lada, > > RFC 7950 says: > > The "position" statement, which is optional, takes as an argument a > non-negative integer value that specifies the bit's position within a > hypothetical bit field. The position value MUST be in the range 0 to > 4294967295, and it MUST be unique within the bits type. > > Neither the XML nor the JSON encoding rulse uses the position > property. I believe the interpretation of the position field is going > to be protocol specific. DNS may do things in its own way, a CBOR > encoding of bits may do a different thing.
So do you suggest to keep the position equal to the number in the IANA registry? Lada > > /js > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:58:48PM +0100, Ladislav Lhotka wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I ran into a problem when trying to translate IANA registry "DNSKEY Flags" > > [1] > > into a YANG "bits" type. Each bit is the registry has an assigned number (0- > > 15), > > so it seems natural to specify this number as the position of each bit in > > YANG. > > > > However, it turns out that each bit contributes to the numeric value of the > > entire bit field with a value of 2^(15-n) where n is the bit number. For > > example, if bits ZONE (number 7) and SEP (15) are set, then the value of the > > flags field, which also appears in the DNSKEY resource record, is > > > > 257 = 2^8 + 2^0 > > > > My question is: Although it is not specified in RFC 7950, was the intention > > that > > bit of position n contributes with 2^n? > > > > Thanks, Lada > > > > [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/dnskey-flags/dnskey-flags.xhtml > > > > -- > > Ladislav Lhotka > > Head, CZ.NIC Labs > > PGP Key ID: 0xB8F92B08A9F76C67 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netmod mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod -- Ladislav Lhotka Head, CZ.NIC Labs PGP Key ID: 0xB8F92B08A9F76C67 _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
