31 Mar
2016
31 Mar
'16
12:21 p.m.
Some additions below:
On Thursday 31 March 2016 14:11:19 Simon Wunderlich wrote:
So let us consider the other two options:
1.) sysfs flags (as in Linus original patch, or similar):
- can be integrated fast
One more comment here, fast means that we can integrate it fast in batman-adv, which will help if you use the external module. It will still take some time to dripple into distribution kernels just as Debian. However, compiling the external batman-adv module is easier than upgrading to have netdev flag ...
- is already deployed and tested
- requires manual work by the admin, no automatism
- we can't expect that other VPNs/subsystems/etc will create automatisms to
specifically support batman-adv
- requires us to maintain a flag for a special userbase/use case
2.) TRANSITIVE flag as proposed by Linus
just noticed, actually it was proposed by Marek in the mail before, but only Linus fancy name (in capital!) caught my attention ... :)
Cheers, Simon