I would like suggest:
1. Let  /64 be the default for DMR;
2. Keep U-byte in the current MAP-T document, referred to RFC6052;
3. RFC 6052 should be updated aligning the outcome  of 6man.

Regards,
Congxiao

2013/6/6 Rajiv Asati (rajiva) <[email protected]>

> It would be reasonable to state it as a recommendation (unless U-octet
> gets changed by 6man*), since it is advantageous to be able to find the
> encoded IPv4 address relatively easily during troubleshooting.
>
> * We wouldn't want to wait for that change to happen as a normative
> reference.
>
> Cheers,
> Rajiv
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Ole Troan
> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 9:28 AM
> > To: Wojciech Dec
> > Cc: Softwires-wg; Congxiao Bao
> > Subject: Re: [Softwires] MAP-T DMR and IPv4 address mapping
> >
> > > would like to get your feedback regarding a possible change to the way
> > IPv4 addresses are mapped into the MAP-T DMR prefix. The current text,
> > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-softwire-map-t-01#section-5.4 ,
> follows
> > RFC6052, and sees the IPv4 address inserted after the prefix. This aligns
> > naturally with any/all existing NAT64 implementations, i.e. in a
> non-shared-
> > address domain, a MAP-T CE would work with any regular NAT64 BR.
> > > A direct consequence of following RFC6052 is that, in cases where the
> > prefix is shorter than /64, it results in some "bit spreading" of the
> IPv4
> > address across the u-byte. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6052#page-5
> .
> > This is likely to be cumbersome operationally.
> > >
> > > An option for simplifying this, and the change proposal seeking your
> > feedback, would be to specify that the DMR should be a /64 prefix, or at
> > least to make a recommendation to that effect in the specification.
> >
> > given that 6man is removing the special meaning of the U/G bits, perhaps
> > RFC6052 should be updated, and MAP-T could ignore the U-byte?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Ole
> >
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