[net2-wg] Collection TEP draft

[Philip Levis]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 07:58 -0800, Omprakash Gnawali wrote:
> Phil:
> 
> 1. Should the interfaces Snoop and Intercept be defined in TEP 116 ? I
> saw some variations of Snoop as components but not as interfaces in
> that TEP. For collection, we might want interfaces because
> applications need to know what type of packet it is. Or would you
> rather have Receive interface be provided as Snoop ? We might still
> need to do something different for Intercept. For now, I am assuming
> that these interfaces are defined in TEP 116.

I've always assumed that Snoop is just an instance of Receive. Intercept
is different in that you can't buffer swap. That's an interesting
question, whether Intercept is in 116. I think you're right, it makes
sense that it would be.

> 2. TEP 117 seems taken. Hence the number "xyz" below.

Yeah, the pins/buses TEP came out. I put dissemination as 118, so
Collection will be 119.

> 3. Do we have/need access to the docs directory ?

I'll give you access now.

Phil