Alternatively you could have the P field in the option, in which case you may also extend is to request anycast and multicast addresses in the future...
Le jeu. 24 juil. 2025 à 12:32, Pascal Thubert <[email protected]> a écrit : > 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 > -- Pascal
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