[AFS3-std] rxgk implementation notes

Benjamin Kaduk kaduk@MIT.EDU
Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:28:53 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 1 Mar 2013, Simon Wilkinson wrote:

>
>> I'm still not sure whether maxcalls is supposed to be RX_MAXCALLS (4) or max(call_numbers).
>
> It is an indication of the number of call channels supported by the current RX stack. So, currently it would always be RX_MAXCALLS. However, there is a long standing plan to raise the number of calls that one rx connection can support, and that's much easier if rxgk already has the ability to do so.
>
> However, that same information is available from call_numbers.len, 
> providing you require that call numbers be provided for all call 
> channels, not just those which have been active in the life of the 
> connection, so we should probably just remove maxcalls from the 
> authenticator.

Agreed.  Done.

-Ben