netdev - Re: Re: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/7] batman-adv: Allow to use rntl

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Message-ID: <3895612.sgriB1OUoY@sven-laptop.home.narfation.org>
Date:	Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:39:26 +0100
From:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
To:	Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>
Cc:	The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc
	 Networking <b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/7] batman-adv: Allow to use rntl_link for device creation/deletion

On Saturday 01 December 2012 14:28:02 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > Because this is the normal way to create virtual network devices (please
> > feel free to correct me).
> 
> Well, I've seen different iface types using many tools, e.g. vconfig,
> tunctl, brctl..
> Not that this justifies the fact that we should do the same (imho having a
> standard and unified way for creating interfaces would be the best option).

The device creation and enslaving using vconfig, tunctl and brctl can be 
replaced using ip.

> But, to be honest, I think it should better discuss how to entirely
> moving/changing the existent API to a "better one" or to a "new one",
> instead of starting to maintain two of them from now on with no plan, don't
> you think so?

I leave this discussion to the maintainers of batman-adv. Btw. removing the 
old one without a time of coexistence sounds like a bad move. And therefore 
maintaining of both interfaces like it is done in other network devices seems 
to be necessary.

Kind regards,
	Sven
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