Subject: DLSw Bit Order

From: "R. C. (Roy) Dixon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 16:03:08 EST

Reference:  Note from Lakshman Garikapaty ([email-masked])

For DLSw on the IBM 6611, MAC addresses in the SSP headers are sent in
non-canonical form.  In other words, Ethernet and SDLC attached devices
are mapped to appear like devices on a token ring.

The bit order on the line is media specific (i.e., depends on how TCP/IP
is transmitted over a given link).

Roy
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 09:36:50 EST
From: Lakshman Garikapaty <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Apparently-To: [email-masked]
Subject: DLS bit order

Hello,

The DLS rfc does not specify the bit order that is received over the line.
(i am also not sure if there is a consensus on this either) We also need
to know how the MAC address is used ie. in canonical form or not. We need
to describe these in the RFC without any ambiguity. In the mean time I
would like to hear from others as to what scheme we should follow.
Incidentally, what bit order does 6611 use?

Thanks.

Lakshman.

(Digital)