Re: entity mib support for tcif

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:24:57PM -0700, C. M. Heard wrote:
> 
> >>>>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) replied:
> Bert> Or..., the DESCRIPTION clause could say that all zeroes for
> Bert> the DateAndTime would mean 
> Bert> "manufacture date unknown or nor supported"
> Bert> 
> Bert> Just thinking aloud here.
> 
> It seems to me that this would conflict with the DateAndTime
> DESCRIPTION clause in RFC 2579.

While true, it is existing practice in other MIB modules to use
'0000000000000000'H as a NULL value and I personally consider not
allowing this special value an oversight in the SMIv2 revision.

/js

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