The MPLS WG Archive

[Bob Thomas <rhthomas@cisco.com>]

Jim,

> Thanks for the clarification.  I have one additional question.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 01:47:07PM -0400, Bob Thomas wrote:
> <snip>
> > LMp.29-DU handles the situation where there are outstanding label
> > requests from the peer (which won't be the case if LMp.20+LMp,21
> 
> Shouldn't the record of these requests be deleted then in LMp.29-DU?
> LMp.29-DoD has the line "4.  Delete record of pending request."

Yes.

A difficulty in generating these procedures (in addition to trying to
get them right) was keeping them short enough so that they could be
read/understood yet detailed enough to cover the important actions.

Doing this involved numerous judgements as to what could be omitted.
In this case (and probably others), we were inconsistent.


Bob




> > This procedure is complex because the number of combinations of modes
> > that must be handled (DU/DoD advertisement, liberal/conservative retention,
> > ordered/independent control).  There are no doubt ways to re-arrange
> > it to achieve the desired effect.