Re: CONTINUATION was: #540: "jumbo" frames

In message <CAP+FsNenv1hFfmWCFL2AAY5iK-2RnQQ7HjX89TP+kz1_G__UiQ@mail.gmail.com>
, Roberto Peon writes:

>Continuations could be used with small header sizes, and should not be
>confused with the size/anti-backwards compatibility arguments

But why would you do that ?

When and where are multiple frames in a design which breaks
any kind of sensible protocol-layering better than a cleanly layered
format where framing has simple and easy to implement rules ?

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Received on Friday, 27 June 2014 06:08:21 UTC