[bess] CW in EVPN: Was Signaling Control Word in EVPN

2018-10-23 Thread James Bensley
Hi All, I've removed all the individual contacts as per mod request and changed the subject as this conversation was diverging away from the OPs original query (sorry if any of that was my fault). On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 15:54, Andrew G. Malis wrote: > > James, > > Agreed. We touched on that in

Re: [bess] CW in EVPN: Was Signaling Control Word in EVPN

2018-10-29 Thread James Bensley
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 09:28, Alexander Vainshtein wrote: > > James, > > I am adding PALS WG to the list of addressees because, AFAIK, the PW CW is > defined in this WG. > > > > I think that the really observed problem with incorrect ECMP behavior exists, > but it is different from your

Re: [bess] Signaling Control Word in EVPN

2018-10-09 Thread James Bensley
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 15:16, Andrew G. Malis wrote: > > James, Hi Andy, > It's much harder to mandate use of EL than the CW for several reasons: I didn't say it should be mandated, but recommended. > - CW implementation is much more common than EL implementation > - PWs and/or EVPN are rarely