Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] switch routing algorithm at runtime

[Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 03:38:48 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > What about specifying the routing algorithm directly on "soft-iface creation"
> > and deny any further change?
> 
> Emails crossed in the post....
> 
> > 1) specify the soft-iface name => create the interface and allocate all the
> > structure (that are not dependant on the routing algo)
> > 
> >    1.1) the interface is in ALGO-WAITING state, any action that tries to enable it
> >    is denied and EBUSY (?) is returned.
> 
> We should try to keep backwards compatibility. So rather than having
> ALGO-WAITING, i would suggest using the first available routing
> algorithm as the default.
> 
> So the backwards compatible way would be:
> 
> 1) Add a hard interface, which automagically creates the soft
>    interface with the first available routing algorithm.
> 
> For those who want to play with new routing algorithms:
> 
> 1) Create the soft interface
> 2) Change the routing algorithm away from the default
> 3) Add the first hard interface.

I think that currently point 1) and 3) are joint. So adding something in between
means redesign the initialisation part.


Cheers,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

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