Re: Frame Formats

To: Matt Wakeley <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>
Subject: Re: Frame Formats
From: Michael Krause <krause@cup.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:01:17 -0800
Cc: IPS Reflector <ips@ece.cmu.edu>
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At 07:00 AM 3/29/2001 -0800, Matt Wakeley wrote:
>I would rather the spec be silent on the value of "pad" bytes.  The only thing
>the spec should say is whether or not the pad bytes are included in the data
>digest.

In general, pad to zero, ignore on receive is the standard and one includes 
the pad in the digest to simplify the hardware (minor).

Mike

References:
- Re: Frame Formats
  - From: julian_satran@il.ibm.com
- Re: Frame Formats
  - From: Mark Bakke <mbakke@cisco.com>
- Re: Frame Formats
  - From: Matt Wakeley <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>

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