ASAP Name Resolution

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Dear all,

for the ASAP NAME_RESOLUTION message, it would be useful if a PU could specify 
an upper limit on how many PE entries the NS should reply. Consider an 
example having a pool of 100 PEs. When a PU requires only one or two PEs as 
answer to its name resolution, it does not make any sense to reply more. This 
only wastes CPU cylces at the NS (selecting too many PEs from the pool) and 
bandwidth.

Proposed NAME_RESOLUTION message definition:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Type = 0x5  |0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|        Message Length         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Max Name Resolution Items    |           (unused)            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   :                     Pool Handle Parameter                     :
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Max Name Resolution Items: 16 bit

    The NS SHOULD not reply more Pool Element Parameters in its
    response than specified here.


Best regards
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 Dipl.-Inform. Thomas Dreibholz

 University of Essen,                            Room ES210
 Inst. for Experimental Mathematics              Ellernstraße 29
 Computer Networking Technology Group            D-45326 Essen/Germany
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