Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] A few questions on TVLV

[Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>]

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On Sunday 20 October 2013 10:25:07 Linus Lüssing wrote:
> I think I had posted some thoughts on the TVLV feature on the IRC
> channel before with some suggestions for changes (e.g. moving the
> TVLV feature from the individual packet types down to the common
> batman header). And had tried to come up with examples for
> features where TVLVs for batman broadcast packets could be useful
> - which might have been potential, but not the most convincing,
> not the most awesome features.
> 
> So now I have a feature which I would like to have / would like to
> work on in the future [0], and I would like to know:

Before we discuss how we get TVLVs 'down to the common batman header' we 
should talk about why that would be useful. What are the advantages and 
disadvantages ? Adding tvlvs everywhere for the mere sake of having them 
around isn't good enough as they increase code complexity, network traffic 
overhead and encapsulation speed penalties.

Cheers,
Marek

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