Thinking a bit more about item 1, we could have a better alignment with the prefix registration draft is the request has the status field set to 0b1ppppppp where 0b0pppppppp is the binary for the prefix length being requested, no need for more bits elsewhere...
Le jeu. 24 juil. 2025 à 12:27, Pascal Thubert <[email protected]> a écrit : > Dear authors: > > I understand that the draft aims at getting only addresses, but it seems > to me that most of what's needed to get a prefix is already in the draft. > Could you have a bit in the request that says "I want a prefix" and > indicate the desired length in the status / prefix field? > > The prefix length that is returned is a bit of an overlap with the status. > Since you have a lot of reserved room I'd suggest that the prefix length > that is returned is placed near the flags. If you agree with the point > above (capability to ask for a prefix) then the returned prefix length > could the the one asked, or longer if that much is not available. > > Works? > > Pascal > > > > Le lun. 21 juil. 2025 à 15:12, <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> Internet-Draft draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06.txt is now available. It is a >> work >> item of the IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6LO) WG of >> the >> IETF. >> >> Title: Generic Address Assignment Option for 6LoWPAN Neighbor >> Discovery >> Authors: Luigi Iannone >> David Lou >> Adnan Rashid >> Name: draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06.txt >> Pages: 19 >> Dates: 2025-07-21 >> >> Abstract: >> >> This document specifies a new extension to the IPv6 Neighbor >> Discovery in Low Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), enabling a node to >> request to be assigned an address or a prefix from neighbor routers. >> Such mechanism allows to algorithmically assign addresses and >> prefixes to nodes in a 6LoWPAN deployment. >> >> The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is: >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao/ >> >> There is also an HTMLized version available at: >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06 >> >> A diff from the previous version is available at: >> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06 >> >> Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at: >> rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 6lo mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > > > -- > Pascal > -- Pascal
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