Re: Call for Consensus: Frame size (to address #553)

+1.
On Jul 12, 2014 2:11 AM, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> In message <2A016106-3FC9-48CF-9249-B1E288B03B4C@mnot.net>, Mark
> Nottingham wri
> tes:
>
> >So: it appears that we have consensus to address issue #553 by:
> >
> >* Expanding the frame size field to 24 bits
> >* Reserving additional bits to align
> >* Adding a setting advertising the maximum frame size allowed by the
> >recipient, with a default of 16K octets and a minimum of 256 octets
> >
> >This would address (only)
> ><https://github.com/http2/http2-spec/issues/553>.
> >
> >Does anyone have a problem with that, or further comments?
>
> +1
>
> I agree on reserving 8 bits, but alignment is not a good argument
> to use, since frames are not naturally aligned in in the TCP stream.
> (We could require padding to 4-byte align frames, but I doubt it
> will buy us anything worth the trouble..)
>
> I think the argument for reserving 8 bits should be that we want
> to make sure we have space for future improvements.
>
>
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