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

> When it is in debugfs, it implies that the user has no choice, it is a
> debug tool only. So when the development is finished, one day batman
> will just swap from IV to V, and the user gets no choice?
> 
> For the moment, i think it is O.K. in debugfs. However, there should
> be some sort of idea how this is going to work when it comes to
> actually mainstream use of V. Is it simply that IV is dead, you need
> to use V now. Or do we give the user a choice and some file under /sys
> to make this choice?

the idea of using debugfs instead of sysfs was to avoid the chicken & egg 
problem (I guess). However, looking at my batman-adv debugfs entry tells me 
that we have the same problem there. Unless we want to move this file into the 
debugfs batman-adv root folder (/sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv) we can't move 
forward either. The whole init/config structure has been designed for "create 
bat0 first". 

If we don't want to rewrite this whole part I only see 2 options: 
 * compile or module parameter
 * changing the routing algo on the fly

Regards,
Marek