On 1/28/13 12:56 PM, "Ole Troan" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Senthil,
>
>[...]
>
>>> The draft says that:
>>> (a) The PSID is:
>>> +--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>> |PL|   8  16  24  32  40  48  56   |
>>> +--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>> |64| u | IPv4 address  |  PSID | 0 |
>>> +--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 
>> I believe this figure is misleading by placing the IPv4 address in a
>>fixed
>> location. Figure 3 and Figure 7
>> In the draft shows that the IID is not in a fixed location. Also, the
>>text
>> surrounding the above figure 8, says
>> "The Interface identifier format of a MAP node is based on the format
>>   specified in section 2.2 of [RFC6052], with the added PSID field if
>>   present, as shown in figure Figure 8."
>> 
>> 
>> But RFC 6052 doesn¹t have the IPv4 address in a fixed location as per
>> section 2.2. So I think this figure is misleading.
>
>perhaps we should just remove the RFC6052 reference then?
>with a 48 bits of PSID + IPv4 address.
>I don't mind if it is just IPv4 address, but then someone need to drive
>that discussion.

I think the above figure should be clarified as an example when the
prefix-length+EA <= 64.
If the prefix length is greater than 64, the IPv4 address appears after
the prefix length and
U bits are overwritten.
If we clarify the above two points and remove the reference to rfc6052,
that would be fine.


Thanks
Senthil
>
>> |     n bits         |  o bits   | s bits  |   128-n-o-s bits      |
>>   +--------------------+-----------+---------+------------+----------+
>>   |  Rule IPv6 prefix  |  EA bits  |subnet ID|     interface ID      |
>>   +--------------------+-----------+---------+-----------------------+
>> 
>> 
>>> (b) "If the End-user IPv6 prefix length is larger than 64, the most
>>> significant parts of the interface identifier is overwritten by the
>>> prefix."
>>> 
>>> This is particularly unclear:
>> 
>> True.
>>> - What happens to the u octet?
>> 
>> I guess that needs to be made clear in the draft. We struggled with that
>> in our implementation.
>
>if we remove the 6052 reference, there is no u-octet.
>
>>> - And to the IPv4 address if the prefix is longer than /68?
>>> - ...
>>> 
>>> Of course, if a use case is provided where MAP-E would be actually used
>>> with an IID shorter than 64 bits, it should be discussed. But:
>>> - There is no such use case so far.
>>> - Looking for one doesn't seem useful.
>> 
>> I would like to see the IPv4 address be present from bits 96-127, no
>>need
>> for the PSID to be repeated again. That would allow us to go upto /96
>>and
>> being consistent with RFC 6052 which allows one to configure a prefix of
>> upto /96.
>
>just put the IPv4 address in the bottom bits, and allow it to be
>overwritten by the prefix.
>it is just there for 'pretty printing' anyway.
>
>cheers,
>Ole

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