Re: [I2nsf] Closing the WGLC for draft-ietf-i2nsf-capability-data-model-16

Hi Tom,
According to your comments, we authors will minimize the usage of range
matches in the revision.

Thanks.

Best Regards,
Paul

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 7:24 PM tom petch <ietfa@btconnect.com> wrote:

> From: Linda Dunbar <linda.dunbar@futurewei.com>
> Sent: 27 April 2021 16:49
> Tom,
>
> Can you please provide the concrete suggestions to the authors on the
> changes you like to see?
>
> <tp>
> Linda
>
> I hope that you are still happy:-)
>
> I thought some more (a bad habit of mine:-) about range and exact values
> and wonder why capability splits them into two separate identity.  This is
> not what the YANG modules say.
>
> The usual way to model this is with a start and end and a comment that if
> only one value is required, then start equals end.  This is widely used
> throughout the IETF and is indeed used in draft-ietf-i2nsf-sdn-ipsec....
> which has the approval of the IESG.
>
> So, since the YANG always AFAICT allows both range and exact value, then
> why split them in capability?  Not wrong, but seems an unnecessary
> complication adding some 25 extra identity.
>
> I can imagine a chip designer saying I can exact match at wire speed but
> not range match; but as I say, that is not what we have in the YANG.  It
> could be in the YANG e.g. as a feature but isn't in any IETF YANG module
> that I know of so chip designers are probably cleverer than I imagine!
>
> Tom Petch
>
> This is the second time of the WGLC for the draft. It would be very
> helpful to hear your suggestions during the WGLC window.
>
> Thank you very much
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom petch <ietfa@btconnect.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 10:44 AM
> To: Linda Dunbar <linda.dunbar@futurewei.com>; i2nsf@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [I2nsf] Closing the WGLC for
> draft-ietf-i2nsf-capability-data-model-16
>
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