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From: Axel Neumann <axel@open-mesh.net>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
	<b.a.t.m.a.n@open-mesh.net>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] something about 0.3
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:31:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200709061331.03704.axel@open-mesh.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26352.85.41.146.90.1189024539.squirrel@krisma.oltrelinux.com>

Hello Antonio,

On Mittwoch 05 September 2007, a.anselmi@oltrelinux.com wrote:
> I've downloaded and installed the 0.3 current for fonera-kamikaze platform
> and it seems work fine in a robin mesh cloud... but I've a problem which I
> don't well undestand.
> When batmand starts it ask me for a /dev/batman (a modul kernel) which
> would improve performance.
> I never read before about /dev/batman, so, anyone can suggest where I can
> find more documentation?

Well, we are currently sedulously working on improvements on the performance 
of batman in the areas of cpu consumption and path detection. The kernel 
module is an approach by Andreas and Marek to optimized cpu-load. You can 
safely ignore this message because having the kernel module installed is not 
mandatory. The idea is that if batman finds the kernel module it can be used 
by the userspace batmand. IMHO (as in most open-source projects) the 
documentation is always one step behind the latest development approaches. 
Thats why its in the development  and not in the stable stable folder.

> I believe that the originator messages compatibility number was been
> incremented in o.3 because a node running 0.2 doesn't see OGMs coming from
> batman o.3 nodes... is this correct?

Actually the compatibility number has not been increased with batmand-0.3_alpa 
but the udp port number used by batman has changed.
Simon has managed to convience IANA to reserve a dedicated port for batman 
which is now 4305 (see:  http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers )
 
( Just in case you downloaded  batmand-exp_0.3, there the compatibility number 
has been increased because it contains some experimental routing concepts 
which are considered incompatible with the previous algorithm. Launch 
$batmand -v to get some feedback about the running version and compatibility 
number )

ciao,
axel

> Thanks
>
> --
> Antonio
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-06 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-05 20:35 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] something about 0.3 a.anselmi
2007-09-06 11:31 ` Axel Neumann [this message]
2007-09-06 13:10   ` a.anselmi
2007-09-06 13:54     ` Marek Lindner

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