[rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

[Joe Touch]

I can't speak for others, but I'm completely lost on this point. Rbridge
is defining a layer on top of ethernet. This pt-pt link stuff sounds
like it's redefining the ethernet layer for a special case.

Whether it's useful to have ethernet have a definition for a pt-pt case
is not relevant to this WG, IMO. It seems at best out of scope, even if
it is useful.

Can anyone explain why this shouldn't be already handled by ethernet,
and if it isn't, why we need to handle it as a special case here?

Joe

Silvano Gai wrote:
> I totally agree with Dinesh
> 
> -- Silvano
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rbridge-bounces at postel.org [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org]
> On
>> Behalf Of Dinesh G Dutt
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:24 PM
>> To: Joe Touch
>> Cc: Rbridge at postel.org; Caitlin Bestler
>> Subject: Re: [rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links
>>
>> The reason this is useful in the spec is that we can have
>> interoperability. The situation is common enough that allowing
>> interoperability simplifies implementations.
>>
>> Dinesh
>> Joe Touch wrote:
>>> Eric Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> Caitlin,
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I get the sense that you're not disagreeing with either Joe or
>>>> myself.
>>>>
>>> I agree with the nuances Caitlin is raising; the conclusion is that
> this
>>> need not be in the spec, as far as we three appear to agree.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
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