Andrew Lunn wrote:
Regarding the question which kernel configuration interface to use, we would be more than happy to receive some guidance. At this point we are rather unsure which of the many (procfs/sysfs/configfs/etc) filesystems are we supposed to go forward with.
Does it even need to be a filesystem?
cfg80211 uses netlink. ifconfig seems to use ioctl calls.
What over APIs are available for passing configuration and tables of status information back and forth?
Tomorrow is a holiday in the part of the world i live in, and it is supposed to be raining. Sounds like ideal conditions for doing a bit of research and then comparing and contrasting our options...
Top priority in the conversation from proc to something else was to allow configuration/debugging with simple file operations (read, write) and not to depend on a special tool like batctl.
Best regards, Sven Eckelmann