Hi Noel, on the rrg list you wrote: > I know 'routing' is somewhat ambiguous, because one would think it's what > 'routers' do - which also includes 'forwarding' - which is why I use the > term 'path selection' or 'path computation' a lot, to make it explicit > that it's that kind of 'routing' I am thinking of. > > I reallly don't care what terminology gets used, as long as i) it is precise, > and ii) people agree on it. So if people want to use some other, less > ambiguous term, for what I have called 'path selection', that would be fine > with me. > > Noel > > PS: The 'routing' in RRG is of course the 'path selection' meaning. I guess this is in fact too restrictive a view: concerns about FIB scaling have been included - and I would think (use of) the FIB being very much part of forwarding (while feeding the FIB of course is path selection).
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