On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:53:16AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > But how do we determine the algorithm version? For the moment it can > > > simply be hard coded. But for version 5? Will the over-alfred format > > > change? Will we have a "struct vis_v2" and VIS_PACKETVERSION_2 for > > > algorithm 5? > > > > Good question. Maybe we don't really need to export the algorithm version? > > > > In the end this information can be retrieved on the _same_ node where > > alfred (& > > vis) is running by reading the "routing_algo" (sysfs-)file. > > No, that does not work. You can run alfred on a machine without > BATMAN. alfred --help says: > > server mode options: > -i, --interface specify the interface to listen on > -b specify the batman-adv interface configured on > the system (default: bat0) > use 'none' to disable the batman-adv based best > server selection > > I'm using this "-i eth0 -b none" since my network topology has the > logger on a machine which is bridged into the mesh.
Oh ok, I didn't think about this case. > > > What about the source version? How did you get it from the module? > > It is the alfred version, not the kernel module version. > Ok (but I don't see how it can be useful) Thanks! -- Antonio Quartulli
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