RE: Review of EFM-04 I-D (fwd)

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

On Thu, 11 May 2006, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
> David, when I see something like this:
>      dot3OamLoopbackStatus OBJECT-TYPE
>        SYNTAX      INTEGER {
>                      -- all values, except where noted, can be read
>                      -- but cannot be written
>                      noLoopback (1),
> 
>                      -- initiatingLoopback can be read or written
>                      initiatingLoopback (2),
>                      remoteLoopback (3),
> 
>                      -- terminatingLoopback can be read or written
>                      terminatingLoopback (4),
>                      localLoopback (5),
>                      unknown (6)
>                    }
> 
> Then I wonder if it would be wise to put in the MODULE-COMPLIANCE 
> something aka 
> 
>    OBJECT dot3OamLoopbackStatus 
>    WRITE-SYNTAX {  initiatingLoopback (2),
>                    terminatingLoopback (4)
>                 }
>    DESCRIPTION "Only these 2 values are writable. The other values are read-only
>                 values."
> 
> Do people agree that such would make sense?

Be aware that this would change the meaning.  The OBJECT clause
allows, but does not require, the agent to reject a set request
specifying values other than initiatingLoopback or
terminatingLoopback.  Putting the language in the object definition
requires the agent to reject all values but those.

//cmh