Re: FW: [EFM] EFM Requirements
A beautiful sentiment which I whole-heartedly endorse. There are enough
issues at this layer to deal with, lets not be climbing up the stack.
- Matt
Roy Bynum wrote:
>
> Francios,
>
> I think that it has been recognized that any upper layer functionality,
> such as DHCP does not belong within 802.3. This thread seems to going more
> towards a specific direction of application support, not part of what can
> be within the requirements of EFM. This may be of importance to you and
> many other people, but it is an implementation specific upper layer support
> for specific applications. It is distracting from what should be the real
> work of 802.3ah, EFM.
>
> Please do not confuse the issues with IETF IP standards implementations
> with what 802.3 provides. Issues that you may have with IP application
> support needs to be taken to IETF, not 802.3. Having tested Ethernet
> inherent performance properties over various systems and environments, I
> can assure you that whatever EFM comes up with, if your applications can be
> supported over a closed Ethernet full duplex link today, they will be
> supported by EFM.
>
> Thank you,
> Roy Bynum
>