Subject: "Global" Async stream packet?

From: "Lawson, Randall" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:02:41 -0500

Can anyone explain the need/purpose of "Global" Async
stream packets that have been included in the 1394.a Rev 2.x
spec?  Is this in anyway related to IP over 1394 standards
work ongoing?  My understanding is that Async stream packets
were added to .a to allow for Async "multi-casting", a feature
that is required (or just beneficial to keep from using up
truly required Iso bandwidth) by the IPv4 over 1394 spec.

Regards,
Randy Lawson