Re: RoE header and mapper thoughts: EtherType
Hi,
Ok Good.
- jouni
Sent from a smart phone.. Mind the typos..
> Marek Hajduczenia <marek.hajduczenia@xxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti 23.2.2015 kello 4.02:
>
> Jouni,
>
> I believe the agreement was that we do request one Ethertype to identify
> this new application type, but I do not believe there is anything that
> warrants a separate Ethertype for control traffic within RoE tunnel.
>
> Marek
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jouni Korhonen [mailto:jouni.korhonen@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 12:50 AM
> To: Marek Hajduczenia; STDS-1904-3-TF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: RoE header and mapper thoughts: EtherType
>
> Marek,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marek Hajduczenia [mailto:marek.hajduczenia@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 4:41 PM
>> To: Jouni Korhonen; STDS-1904-3-TF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: 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
> [Jouni Korhonen]
>
> Do you no RoE EtherType at all or just not for RoE subtypes (like
> management)?
>
> - Jouni
>
>>
>> Marek
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stds-1904-3-tf@xxxxxxxx [mailto:stds-1904-3-tf@xxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Jouni Korhonen
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 5:14 PM
>> To: STDS-1904-3-TF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Jouni Korhonen, Ph.D, Associate Technical Director CTO Office,
>> Networking, Broadcom Corporation
>> O: +1-408-922-8135, M: +1-408-391-7160
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