RFC Errata
RFC 2834, "ARP and IP Broadcast over HIPPI-800", May 2000
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5494
Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUPArea Assignment: int
See Also: RFC 2834 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 680
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Sebastian Kulpa
Date Reported: 2002-03-24
Verifier Name: Brian Haberman
Date Verified: 2012-09-07
Section 6.3 says:
On page 19 : Data sizes and field meaning: ar$hrd 16 bits Hardware type ar$pro 16 bits Protocol type of the protocol fields below ar$op 16 bits Operation code (request, reply, or NAK) ar$pln 8 bits byte length of each protocol address ar$rhl 8 bits requester's HIPPI hardware address length (q) ar$thl 8 bits target's HIPPI hardware address length (x) ar$rpa 32 bits requester's protocol address ar$tpa 32 bits target's protocol address ar$rha qbytes requester's HIPPI Hardware address ar$tha xbytes target's HIPPI Hardware address On page 20, there is : Where : ar$hrd - SHALL contain 28. (HIPARP) ar$pro - SHALL contain the IP protocol code 2048 (decimal). ar$op - SHALL contain the operational value (decimal): 1 for HARP_REQUESTs 2 for HARP_REPLYs 8 for InHARP_REQUESTs 9 for InHARP_REPLYs 10 for HARP_NAK ar$pln - SHALL contain 4. ar$rln - SHALL contain 10 IF this is a HIPPI-800 HW address ELSE, for HIPPI-6400, it SHALL contain 6. ar$thl - SHALL contain 10 IF this is a HIPPI-800 HW address ELSE, for HIPPI-6400, it SHALL contain 6. ar$rha - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the requester's HW address. In replies it SHALL contain the target port's HW address. ar$rpa - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the requester's IP address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the target port's IP address. ar$tha - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the target's HW address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the requester's HW addressA. ar$tpa - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the target's IP address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the requester's IP address.
It should say:
On page 19 : Data sizes and field meaning: ar$hrd 16 bits Hardware type ar$pro 16 bits Protocol type of the protocol fields below ar$op 16 bits Operation code (request, reply, or NAK) ar$pln 8 bits byte length of each protocol address ar$rhl 8 bits requester's HIPPI hardware address length (q) ar$thl 8 bits target's HIPPI hardware address length (x) ar$rpa 32 bits requester's protocol address ar$tpa 32 bits target's protocol address ar$rha qbytes requester's HIPPI Hardware address ar$tha xbytes target's HIPPI Hardware address On page 20, there is : Where : ar$hrd - SHALL contain 28. (HIPARP) ar$pro - SHALL contain the IP protocol code 2048 (decimal). ar$op - SHALL contain the operational value (decimal): 1 for HARP_REQUESTs 2 for HARP_REPLYs 8 for InHARP_REQUESTs 9 for InHARP_REPLYs 10 for HARP_NAK ar$pln - SHALL contain 4. ar$rhl - SHALL contain 10 IF this is a HIPPI-800 HW address ELSE, for HIPPI-6400, it SHALL contain 6. ar$thl - SHALL contain 10 IF this is a HIPPI-800 HW address ELSE, for HIPPI-6400, it SHALL contain 6. ar$rha - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the requester's HW address. In replies it SHALL contain the target port's HW address. ar$rpa - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the requester's IP address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the target port's IP address. ar$tha - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the target's HW address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the requester's HW addressA. ar$tpa - in requests and NAKs it SHALL contain the target's IP address if known, otherwise zero. In other replies it SHALL contain the requester's IP address.
Notes:
The descriptive text references ar$rln rather than the correct ar$rhl.