--On Wednesday, 06 July, 2005 17:28 +0200 Brian E Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It isn't really that bad, the option with 17 in the low 5 >> bits and 0 in the upper 3 is a different option than the one >> with 17 in the low 5 bits and 7 in the upper 3. >> >> So, really there are 8 distint groups of 32 options each. > > Well, that is not how I read the text in RFC 2460. It's pretty > clear > to me that there are only 32 option codes and that the other > three bits > don't extend the code space, but rather they modify the > meaning of the > 32 basic options. (e.g. the same option can have a hop-by-hop > flavour > and an e2e flavour). Brian, Please set aside, at least temporarily, the issues that got us to this point. It seems to me that, if you and kre, both of whom have considerable experience reading these sorts of documents, can't agree on what 2460 means and how these bits are to be interpreted, we have a really urgent need for some clarification. Can you get the appropriate AD to sign up for that job and get it assigned to a WG as appropriate? john _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
