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Message-ID: <20190121094716.GD2228@nanopsycho>
Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:47:16 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Cc:     b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v4 00/19] batman-adv: netlink restructuring, part 2

Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 04:56:07PM CET, sven@...fation.org wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Jiri Pirko called the batman-adv configuration interface a while back "a
>huge mistake" [1] and suggested genl as alternative. The first
>reimplementation [2] (based on the team/devlink design) was rejected. This
>second implementation is now using a nl80211-like design. The objects which
>can now be modified/queried are:
>
>* mesh/soft-interface (BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH/BATADV_CMD_SET_MESH)
>* slave/hard-interface (BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIF/BATADV_CMD_SET_HARDIF)
>* vlan (BATADV_CMD_GET_VLAN/BATADV_CMD_SET_VLAN)
>
>Such a set messages automatically triggers a *_SET_* "reply" via the config
>multicast group. The same behavior was also added to the sysfs interface.

In general aside of couple of nits I described, this iteration of
the patchset looks very nice to me. Thanks!

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