Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Basic Multicast Optimizations

Linus Lüssing
2013-07-04T05:06:50Z

And the sysfs file 'mcast_group_awareness' got renamed to
'multicast_mode'. The missing ABI documentation for this file was
added, too.

On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:03:18AM +0200, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> This is the seventh revision of the basic multicast optimization patches.
>
> It adds the style changes as suggested by Marek via eMail.
>
> It also adds various suggestion from IRC (for instance adding kerneldoc for the
> functions touched in translation-table.c, making the counter an atomic
> one to be on the safe side for some "exotic" targets).
>
>
> PATCHv7 4/4 is a new one and the result of a longer discussion on IRC:
> Whether to add some support for some IPv4 addresses already for the cost of
> a slightly larger complexity both code and documentation wise
> - for a case which is uncommon for most mesh networks anyway: a mesh
> with no bridges on any node involved.
>
> So the fourth patch is sort of an RFC patch one, too (although the consense/
> tendency on IRC so far was to add and support this case).
>
> If everyone is fine with that concept, then I can also easily merge it
> into patches 2/4 and 3/4 (if that is desired).
>
> Cheers, Linus