[Bpf] Roman Danyliw's No Objection on draft-ietf-bpf-isa-03: (with COMMENT)

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COMMENT:
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Thank you to Ines Robles for the GENART review.

** Section 4.3.1
“Historically, each helper function was identified by a static ID encoded in
the 'imm' field. The available helper functions may differ for each program
type, but static IDs are unique across all program types.”

Are static IDs unique across all instances of a given platform running a
program?  I don’t understand what a “program type” is.

** Section 4.3.1.  As a document reader, I’m not sure what I do with this
section as it defines a concept of helper functions but doesn’t specify it.

** Section 7.1.1
“Registration requests for 'Provisional' registration can be included in an
Internet-Draft; when the documents expire or are approved for publication as an
RFC, the registration will be updated.”

In the case of an expired I-D, what does it mean for the “registration to be
updated”?

** Section 7.2
“This document proposes a new IANA registry for BPF instructions, as follows:”

The text in Section 7.1 says it is creating a “sub-registry”.  Here it is a
“registry”.  Why the discrepancy?

** Section 7.5

“'Provisional' registrations can be updated by the original registrant or
anyone designated by the original registrant.”

How does one perform this designation?