Re: [mpls] Way two progress two mldp draft with an technical overlap

[Yakov Rekhter <[e-mail]>]

Loa,

> Yacov,
> 
> I can't see that this flies! In fact it is counter to the wg chair
> proposal. We intended to keep the overlap as small as possible,
> specify a function in the document that needs the function. We did
> not intend to increase the overlap, but keep it as small as possible.
> 
> You have this already neatly specified in draft-rekhter- let it stay
> there.

I am fine with keeping the encoding and the procedures for the two
new mLDP TLVs: Transit IPv4 Shared Tree TLV, and Transit IPv6 Shared
Tree TLV in draft-rekhter-mpls-pim-sm-over-mldp.

However, I have a question on the following:
 
  2.  Assuming that the drafts are adopted, complete
  draft-wijnands-mpls-in-band-wildcard-encoding as the
  normative protocol specification of the piece within the
  overlap.

What do you define as "the overlap" ?

Yakov.


> 
> /Loa
> 
> 
> 
> On 2013-12-06 22:05, Yakov Rekhter wrote:
> > Loa,
> >
> >> Working Group,
> >>
> >> It has been pointed out that there is overlap between
> >> draft-wijnands-mpls-mldp-in-band-wildcard-encoding and
> >> draft-rekhter-mpls-pim-sm-over-mldp.  Within the overlap
> >> there is a critical piece of the protocol specification.
> >> Having this specified in two places is likely to result
> >> in non-interoperable implementations.
> >>
> >> The working group chairs have discussed the overlap and
> >> propose the following as a means of moving forward.
> >>
> >> 1.  Issue a single poll to adopt both documents together as
> >> working group documents
> >>
> >> 2.  Assuming that the drafts are adopted, complete
> >> draft-wijnands-mpls-in-band-wildcard-encoding as the
> >> normative protocol specification of the piece within the
> >> overlap.
> >>
> >> 3.  Where mechanisms in draft-wijnanads are needed in
> >> draft-rekhter-mpls-pim-sm-over-mldp have the latter document
> >> reference the necessary sections of the former document.
> >
> > This would be fine with me, *provided* that
> > draft-wijnands-mpls-in-band-wildcard-encoding will add the encoding
> > of two new mLDP TLVs: Transit IPv4 Shared Tree TLV, and Transit
> > IPv6 Shared Tree TLV, as these two TLVs are required by the mechanisms
> > defined in draft-rekhter-mpls-pim-sm-over-mldp.
> >
> > Yakov.
> >
> 
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> 
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