Re: [Pals] [mpls] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.txt

Erik Auerswald <auerswald@fg-networking.de> Tue, 30 May 2023 17:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Pals] [mpls] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.txt
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Hi Greg,

I noticed a typo in section "2.1.1.1.  Heuristic for Load Balancing",
enumeration item 2: the binary representation of 0x6 has the two low
order bits swapped.

   OLD:

     If the MFN is 0x6 (0101b)

   NEW:

     If the MFN is 0x6 (0110b)

Best regards,
Erik


On 30.05.23 18:41, Greg Mirsky wrote:
> Dear All,
> updates in the new version include:
> 
>     - a strong reminder that the correct interpretation of the MPLS First
>     Nibble only in the context of the preceding LSE or block of LSEs;
>     - added reference to NSH Base in the MPLS First Nibble table;
>     - fixed several nits.
> 
> The authors welcome and greatly appreciate your comments, questions, and
> suggestions.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
> 
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> Date: Tue, May 30, 2023 at 9:34 AM
> Subject: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.txt
> To: Greg Mirsky <gregimirsky@gmail.com>, Kireeti Kompella <
> kireeti.ietf@gmail.com>, Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu>, Matthew Bocci <
> matthew.bocci@nokia.com>, Stewart Bryant <sb@stewartbryant.com>
> 
> 
> 
> A new version of I-D, draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.txt
> has been successfully submitted by Greg Mirsky and posted to the
> IETF repository.
> 
> Name:           draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble
> Revision:       01
> Title:          IANA Registry for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
> Document date:  2023-05-30
> Group:          mpls
> Pages:          14
> URL:
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.txt
> Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble/
> Html:
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01.html
> Htmlized:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble
> Diff:
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-mpls-1stnibble-01
> 
> Abstract:
>     The goal of this memo is to create a new IANA registry (called the
>     MPLS First Nibble registry) for the first nibble (4-bit field)
>     immediately following an MPLS label stack.  The memo offers a
>     rationale for such a registry, describes how the registry should be
>     managed, and provides some initial entries.  Furthermore, this memo
>     sets out some documentation requirements for registering new values.
>     Finally, it provides some recommendations that makes processing MPLS
>     packets easier and more robust.
> 
>     There is an important caveat on the use of this registry versus the
>     IP version number registry.
> 
>     This memo, if published, would update [RFC4928] and [RFC8469].
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The IETF Secretariat

[Pals] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ie… Greg Mirsky
Re: [Pals] [mpls] Fwd: New Version Notification f… Erik Auerswald
Re: [Pals] [mpls] Fwd: New Version Notification f… Greg Mirsky