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Date:   Sat, 4 Aug 2018 19:19:39 +0800
From:   Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc
         Networking <b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org>,
        Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 03/17] batman-adv: Add network_coding and
 mcast sysfs files to README

On 04/08/18 17:36, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>
>> Do you have any pointer about where this discussion took place? I
>> imagine it happened in conjunction with some patches intended to other
>> drivers/netdev changes.
>>
>> Reading that could give us a sense of how strict/important/severe this
>> decision was and how to prioritize future work.
>>
>> I am asking because we have been working on a new feature since several
>> months and this feature introduces a new sysfs knob.
>>
>> Now, although I understand the recommendation of switching to netlink, I
>> find it a bit impractical to delay a new (and fairly big) feature,
>> simply because it uses a potentially obsolete, but current, API.
>>
>> Any opinion about this?
> 
> I agree, that does not make sense.

Thanks for your reply, Jiri.

> 
> I just wanted you to consider introducing netlink iface and migrate to
> it as it is generally the preffered way to comunicate with userspace in
> networking area (I don't have pointer any specific discussion though -
> it is just a common knowledge :)).

That's ok. I was asking because in the past batman-adv was using debugfs
for dealing with settings and we were (properly) redirected to sysfs by
David.
Now it seems we need to migrate to the next thing :-) So I just wanted
to be sure we have to do it, but this seems to be the case..

> I will be more then happy to help you
> with that. You should look at net/core/devlink.c and net/wireless/nl80211.c
> to get some inspiration.

Actually we have already implemented a basic netlink API to be used when
sending information to userspace (i.e. routing tables, neighbour tables,
etc..), therefore I think we might be able to leverage on that.
But of course, any help will be appreciated :)

Thanks!

Cheers,



-- 
Antonio Quartulli



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