Tom,

> In the previous note, I meant the BMR used as FMR, to be technical. But 
> here's another point from the same section:
> 
>   The length of r MAY be zero, in which case the complete IPv4 address
>   or prefix is encoded in the EA bits.  If only a part of the IPv4
>   address/prefix is encoded in the EA bits, the Rule IPv4 prefix is
>   provisioned to the CE by other means (e.g.  a DHCPv6 option).
> 
> Question: does that second sentence also assume r = 0? If so, I think you've 
> moved beyond what makes sense to document as part of MAP-E. Given that you 
> have the MAP-E BMR mechanism, why wouldn't you use it?

no, the second sentence assumes r > 0. "If only a part of the IPv4 address is 
encoded...", implies that
the other part comes via the BMR.

cheers,
Ole
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