Subject: Proposed Update to TRS Architecture

From: "Roy Brabson (254-7332 (T/L 444))" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 94 14:22:11 EDT

> I don't entirely follow your reasoning here.  The CP-CP session tree will
> need to exist (at least) every time a directed locate is sent out (or a
> QUERY_CP_NAME is issued if proposal 8083 is accepted).  If a node supports
> Option Set 1200 (Tree Caching and TG Caching), then it must build the
> entirety of a tree (it may not only build the needed portion of a tree).
> This is explained clearly in the Architecture Reference (SC30-3422-3), on
> page 7-70.

Actually, I believe footnote 6 indicates a node may optionally stop tree
construction once all destination nodes have been added to the tree.  For
performance reasons, it is desirable to rebuild a portion of a cached
tree only when it is required.

Roy