On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:14:28AM +0200, Martin Bjorklund wrote: > Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 09:52:20AM +0200, Martin Bjorklund wrote: > > > Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:04:50PM +0200, Martin Bjorklund wrote: > > > > > Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 09:52:56PM +0200, Martin Bjorklund wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, good point, I think the phrase "by a different hardware > > > > > > > > component" should be removed. It seems last-change should > > > > > > > > change when > > > > > > > > I unplug a component and I plug it back shortly after, i.e., a > > > > > > > > component is replaced by itself. So we have: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The last time a new hardware component has been added > > > > > > > > to the > > > > > > > > '/hardware/component' list, or a hardware component > > > > > > > > has been > > > > > > > > removed from the '/hardware/component' list, or a > > > > > > > > hardware > > > > > > > > component in the '/hardware/component' list has been > > > > > > > > replaced." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that this is still not clear what it means that a > > > > > > > component > > > > > > > has been replaced. Do you mean "replaced by a different hardware > > > > > > > component"? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Otherwise (unplug then plug in the same component), the system > > > > > > > either > > > > > > > detects the removal and thus updates last-change, or it doesn't > > > > > > > detect > > > > > > > the quick removal/insertion, and then it can't do anything. > > > > > > > Thus, I > > > > > > > don't think this case needs special treatment, and the text could > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > just: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The last time a new hardware component has been added > > > > > > > to the > > > > > > > '/hardware/component' list, or a hardware component has > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > removed from the '/hardware/component' list." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The question is whether every implementor will figure out that if > > > > > > the > > > > > > component found in some slot x-y-z is different from what is > > > > > > expected > > > > > > to be in slot x-y-z, this must be seen as a remove + add > > > > > > combination. > > > > > > If we include 'replace', then it may be clearer that even in the > > > > > > case > > > > > > where what is in slot x-y-z has changed, the last-change must be > > > > > > updated. (That is, the list element with the same name still exists > > > > > > but it is different from what was there before with the same name.) > > > > > > > > > > But then we're back to where we started - what exactly does "different > > > > > from what was there before" mean? Presumably that some leaf's value > > > > > is different...? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Go back some emails, I have removed the 'different' phrase. > > > > > > Perhaps we can say: > > > > > > [...] or a hardware > > > component in the '/hardware/component' list has been > > > replaced with a new hardware component with the same > > > name. > > > > > > > Do we want last-change to be updated when a component gets unplugged > > and put back, i.e., a component got replaced with itself? > > > > Can last-change be used to detect that something messed around with > > the components (or a component is connected via a bad line)? Or is > > last-change more strictly for the set of components has changed? > > > > If I remove a component and I put it back slowly enough, I might get > > two last-change updates (the removal and the addition). If a client > > polls even more slowly, it will see that last-change has changed but > > it will find the same components. Hence, it seems reasonable to not > > exclude a replacement or a component with itself since it is a matter > > of the time resolution with which changes are detected and reported > > via the operational datastore. > > Agreed. >
So remove the work "new". /js -- Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <https://www.jacobs-university.de/> _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list netmod@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod