[trimming headers] Working Group,
While we're suspecting everyone is finishing up holidays, please take until the end of this week to answer Reshad's question: Should we require BFD for vxlan to support Echo mode? -- Jeff On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:41:46PM +0000, Reshad Rahman (rrahman) wrote: > Hi all, > > It is up to the WG to decide whether echo support is desired for BFD over > VxLAN (any other BFD use-cases also). Since this hasn’t been brought up in > the WG before, my take is that the WG isn’t interested in having echo for BFD > over VxLAN. So if anybody feels that we need echo support, please speak up > asap. Because it’s holiday season, let’s take 3 weeks instead of the usual 2, > so please respond by September 5th. > > Regards, > Reshad (co-chair hat). > > From: Greg Mirsky <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 8:04 PM > To: "Carlos Pignataro (cpignata)" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, Martin Vigoureux <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: BFD Echo mode coverage in BFD for VXLAN > Resent-From: <[email protected]> > Resent-To: Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Resent-Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 8:04 PM > > Dear All, > I was pointed out that my previous e-mail asking for WG help to progress BFD > over VXLAN document by sharing opinions regarding coverage of the BFD Echo > mode may be overstepping the bounds of an Editor. I apologize, that was not > my intention. I'm asking WG Chairs to help to arrive at the conclusion of > this question in a reasonable time. > > Regards, > Greg > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 4:06 PM Greg Mirsky > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear All, > I have not set the when this poll closes. I hope that two weeks would be > sufficient time for the WG community to express their thoughts. > > Dear Carlos, > thank you for sharing your opinion on the scope of the document in regard to > BFD Echo mode. You've expressed support for exploring the applicability of > the BFD Echo mode. Would you support that effort by contributing some text, > if WG decides that documenting the applicability of the Echo mode in BFD over > VXLAN is useful? > > Regards, > Greg > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 6:18 PM Carlos Pignataro (cpignata) > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear Greg, > > The option of replacing the existing text for something more ambiguous and > implicit does not seem like progress in my humble opinion. The spec ends up > with the same capabilities, but the text is more obscure. I do not support > that option. > > My recommendation for your consideration would be: > > 1. Explore if it is possible to run BFD Echo as a single-hop. > 2. If yes, add text supporting it. > 3. If no, add text explaining why not on technical grounds. > > A less desirable option would be if the WG does not care about BFD Echo, to > explicitly keep it out of scope (not on technical grounds). > > Best, > > Carlos. > > > On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:16 PM, Greg Mirsky > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear All, > in course of reviews of the draft, several times a question was asked about > the rationale for excluding BFD Echo from the scope of this document: > > 7. Echo BFD > > Support for echo BFD is outside the scope of this document. > Much appreciate your consideration of the following options: > > * describe the applicability of BFD Echo in VXLAN environment in the > document; > * remove Section 7 and clarify in the Introduction > NEW TEXT: > This specification describes procedures only for BFD Asynchronous mode. > > * make no changes at all. > Regards, > Greg >
