Capwap Mailing List: Re: Latest Status of CAPWAP Open Issues

[Margaret Wasserman (margaret]

Hi Pat,
On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
> > Issue 65: T24. The IESG raised an issue that they believed
> > that the Image Data and Image Identifier message elements
> > should have a length field. I made this change, but Margaret
> > does not believe this change is really necessary, and since
> > it introduces an incompatibility issue with -10, she would
> > prefer that I back the change out. I am waiting for other
> > folks to provide their opinions. I agree the length is not necessary.
>
> If the WG reaches the consensus that length is not needed I will  
> buy it.
> I would however suggest to put some text on the lines of what Margaret
> was explaining in her message.

You could add something like:

"There is no length included in the Image Data and Image Identifier  
message elements because their lengths can be inferred from the  
lengths of the received messages."

Margaret