| Description | This object identifies the hardware chip(s) which
is (are) principally responsible for the
implementation of the MAC function. A few OBJECT
IDENTIFIERS are identified elsewhere in this memo.
For those The assignment of additional OBJECT
IDENTIFIERs to various types of hardware chip sets
is managed by the IANA. For example, vendors
whose chip sets are not defined in this memo may
request a number from the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority (IANA) which indicates the
assignment of a enterprise specific subtree which,
among other things, may be used to allocate OBJECT
IDENTIFIER assignments for that enterprise's chip
sets. Similarly, in the absence of an
appropriately assigned OBJECT IDENTIFIER in this
memo or in an enterprise specific subtree of a
chip vendor, a board or system vendor can request
a number for a subtree from the IANA and make an
appropriate assignment. It is desired that,
whenever possible, the same OBJECT IDENTIFIER be
used for all chips of a given type. Consequently,
the assignment made in this memo for a chip, if
any, should be used in preference to any other
assignment and the assignment made by the chip
manufacturer, if any, should be used in preference
to assignments made by users of those chips. If
the hardware chip set is unknown, the object
identifier
unknownChipSet OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 0 0 }
is returned. Note that unknownChipSet is a
syntactically valid object identifier, and any
conformant implementation of ASN.1 and the BER
must be able to generate and recognize this
value. |