From: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org
The sysfs files are replaced by the batadv generic netlink family. The old sysfs configuration interface was frowned upon by other kernel developers. But the files cannot be removed immediately because userspace tools might still depend on it. Instead schedule for its removal in 2021.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich sw@simonwunderlich.de --- Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv | 2 ++ Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-net-mesh | 2 ++ MAINTAINERS | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv (92%) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-net-mesh (97%)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv similarity index 92% rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv index 898106849e27..5bdbc8d40256 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is +replaced with the batadv generic netlink family.
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/batman-adv/elp_interval Date: Feb 2014 diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-mesh similarity index 97% rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-mesh index c2b956d44a95..04c1a2932507 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-mesh @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is +replaced with the batadv generic netlink family.
What: /sys/class/net/<mesh_iface>/mesh/aggregated_ogms Date: May 2010 diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index f8ff9ae52c21..fce2919582fb 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2795,8 +2795,8 @@ L: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org (moderated for non-subscribers) W: https://www.open-mesh.org/ Q: https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/project/batman/list/ S: Maintained -F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv -F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh +F: Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv +F: Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-mesh F: Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst F: include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h F: include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h