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[Gaitonde Anandprasanna <prasanna@csa.iisc.ernet.in>]

Thanks for replying.

   But i think if we have the IPV4 prefix at the end then it is much
easier for implementation.

So cant we change it now???

Pras


On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Eric Gray wrote:

> As I recall, the reason for this was that there was
> an existing implementation that did it this way.  In
> some models of the Universe, no further justification
> is required. :-)
> 
> --
> Eric Gray
> 
> Gaitonde Anandprasanna wrote:
> 
> > I am sorry to repost this question but i am reallly interested in knowing
> > this .
> >
> > If the question i asked is correct then also let me know if in subsequent
> > drafts we can change the format of ERO subobject  (i.e. putting the IPv4
> > address at the end of the object.)
> >
> > Here is my previous mail :-
> >
> > This question was asked by some person earlier but somehow i did not see
> > the answers in the mailing lists. If i have missed the answer then please
> > provide pointers to mail archives.
> >
> > I wanted to know why the format of the IPv4 Prefix is that way:
> >
> >  RSVP ERO subobject IPv4 address:-
> >
> >  In RSVP-TE, the format of subobject 1: IPv4 address (4.4.1.1) is
> >
> > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
> >            Type | Length | IPv4 address
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >         IPv4 address | Prefix Length | Flags
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Can somebody explain to me: What is the advantage to split the IPv4
> > address in two words? From the
> > implementation point of view, it should be much easy to put IPv4 address
> > in a single word.
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> >
> > Pras
> 


                 
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