Re: [mpls] Question on draft-ietf-mpls-rfc4379bis-09.txt

Thanks Tom. 

So, draft-ietf-mpls-spring-lsp-ping when it becomes RFC should state that it is updating the RFC which will come out of draft-ietf-mpls-rfc4379bis-09.txt.

Mustapha.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: t.petch [mailto:ietfc@btconnect.com]
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> To: Aissaoui, Mustapha (Nokia - CA) <mustapha.aissaoui@nokia.com>;
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> Subject: Re: [mpls] Question on draft-ietf-mpls-rfc4379bis-09.txt
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aissaoui, Mustapha (Nokia - CA)" <mustapha.aissaoui@nokia.com>
> To: <mpls@ietf.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 10:05 PM
> 
> Dear all,
> Can someone point me to where are held the IANA allocation for the values in the
> 'protocol' field of the Label Stack Sub-TLV of the Downstream Detailed Mapping
> TLV?
> 
> There is draft-ietf-mpls-spring-lsp-ping-01 which is adding IS-IS and OSPF as new
> values into this field but I fail to find where these are maintained.
> 
> <tp>
> 
> My reading would be that there is no such registry.  The new sub-TLV appear at
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/mpls-lsp-ping-parameters/mpls-lsp-ping-p
> arameters.xml#sub-tlv-1-16-21
> where for e.g. 34 the reference is to the I-D that you cite, with no more details.
> 
> Not all names and numbers appear in an IANA registry; setting up and maintaining
> a registry takes work and sometimes it is not worth it.  If the only use is local to the
> one field and only in the one RFC, then it may not be worth it.
> 
> Tom Petch
> 
> Regards,
> Mustapha.
> 
> 
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