Re: Referential integrity across reboots

[Mike Daniele <daniele@zk3.dec.com>]

Andy Bierman wrote:
 
> The solution is to simply mandate that instances preserved
> across a reboot come back with the same values.  Currently,
> it's a SHOULD, not a MUST.

Hello,

What exactly is it that's currently defined as SHOULD?

In general, it sounds like a great idea to make index values
persist across reboots.  But I'll make 2 obvious observations:

1. It's not possible for all index values (for example, a process ID).

2. ifIndex is clearly defined as being permitted to change across
reboots.  So are you suggesting a new index clause for ifEntry?

Mike