Re: [DNA] Quick review of draft-jinchoi-dna-cpl-00.txt

[Greg Daley <greg.daley@eng.monash.edu.au>]

Hi Alper,

Alper Yegin wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> 
>>I'm loathe to mandate requiring Link-layer hints to provide
>>basic DNA function.
> 
> 
> Is this because the performance achieved by using a Link-up is not a
> requirement for basic DNA, or do you have some alternative approaches to
> achieve the same or similar performance without a Link-up?

I think Link Hints should be for performance improvement,
not a basic requirement of the mechanism performing DNA.

We need to be able to supply a mechanism which will
work (albeit slowly) with even the most braindead IPv6 host.

Greg