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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] pull request: batman-adv 2011-09-08
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Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

On Thursday, September 22, 2011 02:11:53 David Miller wrote:
> From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:10:04 +0200
> 
> > No, the data structures for the routing lookups remain the same but there
> > will be more than one way to fill them with data. You will only use one
> > "filling algorithm" at a time, so you will need to select the one you
> > want.
> 
> Extend the userspace interface for adding route entries with a boolean
> flag.  You're using netlink right?  If so, this should be trivial by
> simply adding a flags attribute if you don't have one already.

Not really. It's rather the tcp westwood vs tcp reno type of story. But I 
think we simply make this a runtime option to keep everybody happy.

Thanks,
Marek