Re: [Roll] RPL P2P - Clarify that hop-by-hop is identical to RPL Storing mode

[Philip Levis <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 17, 2010, at 5:50 AM, Anders Brandt wrote:

> Dear P2P'ers
>
>
> The current RPL P2P draft
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dt-roll-p2p-rpl-02
>
> appears to be a little unclear on the terms
>
> * hop-by-hop route
> * source route
> * RPL Storing mode
> * RPL Non-storing mode
>
> The introduction does a nice job of explaining the
> difference of the two uncompatible modes but forgets
> to point out the detail that the
> RPL Non-storing mode is using source routes while
> RPL Storing mode implements hop-by-hop routes.
>
> Since a given implementation is going to be either
> non-storing or storing one may consider having
> dedicated sections (or documents?) explaining
> what is required for making a system work for
> non-storing or storing mode, respectively.
>
> Obviously, the frame format descriptions should
> be common.
>
> Just my $.05

I think it make sense to keep them as separate sections of the same  
document. They should definitely be separate, concrete sections,  
though. I think there's always a push to break things up into many  
tiny documents because of short attention spans. But it's easier to  
keep them consistent in a single document, and the aggregate length  
is shorter.

Phil