[AFS3-std] AFSVol Tag-Length-Value extensions I-D

[Tom Keiser]

Hi All,

Now that the elections are complete, I'd like to make a second call
for review of draft-tkeiser-afs3-volser-tlv-03.  Any feedback would be
greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

-Tom


Tom Keiser <tkeiser@sinenomine.net> wrote:
> The other week I submitted a new draft to the IETF which implements
> the aforementioned changes (as well as a few others). =A0The new draft
> is available at the following URLs:
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volser-tlv-03
> http://openafs.sinenomine.net/~tkeiser/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volser-tlv-=
03.html
> http://openafs.sinenomine.net/~tkeiser/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volser-tlv-=
03.xml
> http://openafs.sinenomine.net/~tkeiser/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volser-tlv-=
02-03.xml.diff
>
> /afs/sinenomine.net/user/tkeiser/public_html/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volse=
r-tlv-03.txt
> /afs/sinenomine.net/user/tkeiser/public_html/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volse=
r-tlv-03.html
> /afs/sinenomine.net/user/tkeiser/public_html/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volse=
r-tlv-03.xml
> /afs/sinenomine.net/user/tkeiser/public_html/i-d/draft-tkeiser-afs3-volse=
r-tlv-02-03.xml.diff
>
>
> The complete revision history is as follows:
>
> - split unsigned 64-bit type down into several more descriptive types
> that allow the TLV data stream to be more self-describing.
> - add a signed 64-bit integer type to allow for relative timestamps
> - now that we have more descriptive types, use them in a number of places
> - change AFSVOL_TLV_TAG_VOL_TRANS_CALL_VALID into a boolean type payload
> - make sure rxgen can parse the XDR in the appendix
> - make sure generated C code compiles and links
> - add in-text cites for AFS3-VVL, AFS3-FSCM, DAFS, and OSD.
> - provide motivations for GetCapabilities RPC
> - provide protocol semantic definitions for each newly allocated capabili=
ty bit
> - allocate AFSVOL_TLV_FLAG_MORE bit to notify caller when we can't
> send all tags due to AFSVOL_TLV_TAG_MAX length limit
>
> Any comments or feedback are appreciated.
>
> -Tom
>