Re: [Roll] Reclaiming the bits

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Thu, 12 December 2019 21:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Roll] Reclaiming the bits
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Rahul Jadhav <rahul.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
    > [RJ] I am inline with these points.  I would like to confirm a point
    > here... Reclaiming the turnon-8138 flag in
    > MOP >=7 would mean that 8138 is _mandatorily_ supported in the nodes
    > above >=7 such that they no more depend on this flag. This in itself
    > is a bigger
    > decision! Is my understanding correct? While the advantages of 8138 are
    > obvious in non-storing MOP case, they are less impacting/obvious in
    > storing MOP case.

I agree that it is a bigger decision.
I also think that it's tying RPL to 802.15.4/6lo a lot too!

So, let me attempt to rephrase it.
For MOP >= 7, the bits being reclaimed, and that bit does not indicate turnon-8138.
We could have a capability that turned it on/off.

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