Re: [Rtg-dt-encap-considerations] Updated draft

[Erik Nordmark <[e-mail]>]

On 3/6/15 5:15 PM, Albert Tian wrote:
> o  Keep the encap header small. Switches and routers usually only read the
> first small number of bytes into the fast memory for quick processing and
> easy manipulation. The bulk of the packets are usually stored in slow
> memory. A big encap header may not fit and additional read from the slow
> memory will hurt the overall performance and throughput.
>
>     o  Putting important information at the beginning of the
>        encapsulation header. The reasoning is similar as explained in the
> previous point. If important information are
>        located at the beginning of the encapsulation header, the packet
>        may be processed with smaller number of bytes to be read into the
> fast memory and improve performance.
I've replaced the two bullets with the above. Minor edit s/Putting/Put/ 
in the second bullet seems more correct.

Thanks,
    Erik