Subject: Re: [netmod] link-layer-address vs phys-address

From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 20:22:54 +0100

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:58:24PM +0000, Lange, Jeffrey K (GE Energy Management) wrote:
> The ietf-ip module uses the name link-layer-address for all nodes of type phys-address.  Yet the ietf-interfaces module uses:
> 
> /interfaces-state/interface/phys-address
> 
> Should this also be changed to link-layer-address so that the naming is consistent across modules?
> 

The IP layer people like to call the think IP runs over a link and
hence the term link-layer address makes sense from an IP viewpoint.
But note that there are other interface stacks out there and they do
often have different terminology. Hence, a different name like
phys-address (which matches the name used for decades in the IF-MIB)
is actually defendable since interfaces are really generic.

/js

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