From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Simon Wunderlich Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:53:18 +0200 Message-ID: <1917557.CdpaRSNIN5@prime> In-Reply-To: <5432A9D7.5080604@rund.freifunk.net> References: <5432800F.7030008@rund.freifunk.net> <20141006143301.GH10428@odroid> <5432A9D7.5080604@rund.freifunk.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] alfred packet types for gluon node statistics? Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org On Monday 06 October 2014 16:40:23 Ufo wrote: > ah nice. but its a question to the batman-adv developers instead of the > gluon people.. > freifunk-gluon is used by many freifunk communities, so maybe it would > be better to "register" these datatypes? > > see http://git.open-mesh.org/alfred.git/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/README > > cite: > -- > This will set the hostname as data for datatype 64. Note that 0 - 63 are > reserved (please send us an e-mail if you want to register a datatype) > -- As long as the datatypes are only used in a specific firmware or community, all people know about the assignment and there is no need to register the number - its like using the private LAN 192.168.0.0/16 network in your home network, you know that you use it and you don't have to tell anyone. However if you write up some software potentially used in many *different* communities, like vis, its a good thing to register. In any case, please choose and feel free to let us know. :) Cheers, Simon