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Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Regarding the question which kernel configuration interface to use,
> > we would be more than happy to receive some guidance. At this point
> > we are rather unsure which of the many (procfs/sysfs/configfs/etc)
> > filesystems are we supposed to go forward with.
>=20
> Does it even need to be a filesystem?
>=20
> cfg80211 uses netlink.
> ifconfig seems to use ioctl calls.
>=20
> What over APIs are available for passing configuration and tables of
> status information back and forth?
>=20
> Tomorrow is a holiday in the part of the world i live in, and it is
> supposed to be raining. Sounds like ideal conditions for doing a bit
> of research and then comparing and contrasting our options...

Top priority in the conversation from proc to something else was to allow=20
configuration/debugging with simple file operations (read, write) and not t=
o=20
depend on a special tool like batctl.

Best regards,
	Sven Eckelmann

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