Tom, Wojciech,

thanks, fixed.

Best regards,
Ole


On 22 Nov 2013, at 11:40 , Wojciech Dec <[email protected]> wrote:

> Seems like an editing error resulted in this dangling sentence. The 
> corresponding text in draft -04 read as shown below, and I suggest we 
> reinstate the "discard the option" behaviour:
> 
>    The MAP algorithm, as per Section 5.1 [I-D.ietf-softwire-map
> ], allows
>    the port-indexing algorithm to be parametrized in terms of an
>    excluded port range (a-bits) and an explicit Port Set ID (PSID)
>    value, which can be conveyed via the S46 Port Parameters Option .
>    The following behaviour is expected when processing this option by
>    MAP clients: A client receiving a S46 Port parameters Option in an
>    OPTION_S46_BRULE or OPTION_S46_FRULE whose derived IPv4 address is
>    not 32 bit-long MUST discard the option.  The formula for this check
>    is "prefix4-len + ea-len == 32".  This is to ensure that the explicit
>    PSID is only applied to configurations with a completely formed IPv4
>    address.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 22 November 2013 03:00, Tom Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just realized that the option will be provided only if no EA bits were 
> present in the BMR. Hence the test as it stands is correct. The sentence 
> fragment still needs expansion or deletion. Wonder if we need text saying 
> what to do if prefix4-len + ea-len > 32 and the option is also present?
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 21/11/2013 8:54 PM, Tom Taylor wrote:
> The text describing client validation of OPTION_S46_PORTPARAMS in the
> second-last paragraph of Section 4.5 currently reads as follows:
> 
>     When receiving the Port Parameters option with an explicit PSID, the
>     client MUST use this explicit PSID in configuring its MAP interface.
>     If the conveyed IPv4 address is not 32 bit-long.  The formula for
>     this check is "prefix4-len + ea-len = 32" and serves to ensure
>     that the explicit PSID is only applied to configurations with a
>     completely formed IPv4 address.
> 
> I don't think the sentence fragment "If the conveyed IPv4 address ..."
> should be there. In the subsequent sentence, I believe the check must be:
> 
>      "prefix4-len + ea-len > 32"
> 
> Otherwise no port values are conveyed by the option. See Section 5.2 of
> the MAP document, particularly Figure 6 and associated text.
> 
> I would also add "shared and" before "completely formed" at the end of
> the paragraph.
> 
> Tom Taylor
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