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RE: RoE header and mapper thoughts: EtherType



Jouni

I think it is a bad idea. First, Ethertypes are a scarce resource and will
not be given away easily. Second, 802.3br should take care of this problem.
I do not believe you need to signal special frame type via Ethertype 

Marek

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Jouni Korhonen
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 5:14 PM
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Subject: RoE header and mapper thoughts: EtherType

Folks,

Some initial thoughts on reserving EtherType.. this is not topical yet,
though. My initial thinking was to have a single new EtherType for
everything RoE. However, recently I was thinking whether it would make any
sense to have two EtherTypes: one for time critical packets (like AxC flows)
and another for less critical packets (like C&M flows etc).

Opinions?

- Jouni

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