[bess] Query about Ethernet Tag Id for TYpe-5 routes (RFC 9136)

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From: "Joshi, Vinayak" <vinayak.joshi@hpe.com>
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Thread-Topic: Query about Ethernet Tag Id for TYpe-5 routes (RFC 9136)
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Subject: [bess] Query about Ethernet Tag Id for TYpe-5 routes (RFC 9136)
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Hi all,

RFC 9136 says the following (Section 3.1)


"   The RD, Ethernet Tag ID, IP prefix length, and IP prefix are part of
   the route key used by BGP to compare routes.  The rest of the fields
   are not part of the route key.

With VLAN Aware Bundling the Eth Tag ID acts as a distinguisher for the routes while importing into L2-VRF.
But for L3 prefix routes what is the use case for setting the Ether Tag ID to any non-zero value?

Thanks in advance,
Vinayak