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[Bob Thomas <rhthomas@cisco.com>]

Yakov,

> Right now we have a situation where RSVP, CR-LDP) have a mechanism (PID) 
> to identify an LSP payload, while LDP doesn't have such a mechanism. 
> 
> Would there be any objections to add a new TLV to LDP that would
> carry the PID information ?

Would you give an example of how this TLV would be used?
To evaluate the suggestion that a PID TLV be added it would be
helpful to see how the information carried by the FEC TLV is
insufficient.  (Please note I am asking this question in the
context of LDP not CR-LDP.)

Thanks,
Bob