Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] routing loops on interconnected routers / adhoc + ethernet

[Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>]

On Sunday, March 04, 2012 17:32:38 Nicolás Echániz wrote:
> these experimental nodes were installed from daily snapshot. and batman
> installed with: opkg install kmod-batman-adv. Are these patches already
> present in batman-adv 2012.0.0?
> 
> If so, we might just re-flash the routers with current trunk; right?

No, these patches are not part of any release yet. You need to compile your 
own batman-adv with the patches applied. We have a document explaining how you 
should proceed: http://www.open-mesh.org/wiki/batman-adv/Building-with-openwrt


> This will take a while because routers are already installed on
> roof-tops and the network is in use by some neighbors, but it's still
> experimental, so we will do what needs to be donde to get the best
> results possible.

There is no need to reflash all the routers. You can simply build a patched 
batman-adv package and install it on top of your current image. The important 
part is that you compile the batman-adv kernel module for exactly the same 
kernel you are running.

Regards,
Marek