Some additions below: On Thursday 31 March 2016 14:11:19 Simon Wunderlich wrote: > > So let us consider the other two options: > > 1.) sysfs flags (as in Linus original patch, or similar): > > + can be integrated fast
One more comment here, fast means that we can integrate it fast in batman-adv,
which will help if you use the external module. It will still take some time
to dripple into distribution kernels just as Debian. However, compiling the
external batman-adv module is easier than upgrading to have netdev flag ...
> + is already deployed and tested
> - requires manual work by the admin, no automatism
> - we can't expect that other VPNs/subsystems/etc will create automatisms to
> specifically support batman-adv
> - requires us to maintain a flag for a special userbase/use case
>
> 2.) TRANSITIVE flag as proposed by Linus
just noticed, actually it was proposed by Marek in the mail before, but only
Linus fancy name (in capital!) caught my attention ... :)
Cheers,
Simon
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