Re: [Lsr] Regarding SRv6 SID Structure Sub-Sub-TLV in draft-ietf-lsr-isis-srv6-extensions

Peter Psenak <ppsenak@cisco.com> Mon, 22 June 2020 12:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Lsr] Regarding SRv6 SID Structure Sub-Sub-TLV in draft-ietf-lsr-isis-srv6-extensions
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Cheng,

On 22/06/2020 13:50, Chengli (Cheng Li) wrote:
> Hi authors,
> 
> When I read the document, I noticed that the format of the SRv6 SID 
> Structure Sub-Sub-TLV has no reserved bits, which may bring troubles for 
> future extensions.

what bits do you need?

> 
> What if new architecture of SID is proposed? We have to introduce a new 
> SID structure TLV. But actually a backward-compatible format design of 
> this TLV can solve this kind of problems.

new architecture of SID is proposed, we will add what is needed.

thanks,
Peter

> 
> IMHO, if we introduced 16 bits reserved bits after the Length, then the 
> length aligns with  64 bits and the future SID structure can be supported.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cheng
>