From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marek Lindner Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:19:06 +0800 References: <1330280603-25510-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> <1330280603-25510-6-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> In-Reply-To: <1330280603-25510-6-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202271919.06934.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv7 5/7] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - add snooping functions for ARP messages Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking On Monday, February 27, 2012 02:23:21 Antonio Quartulli wrote: > In case of an ARP message going in or out the soft_iface, it is intercepted > and a special action is performed. In particular the DHT helper functions > previously implemented are used to store all the ARP entries belonging to > the network in order to provide a fast and unicast lookup instead of the > classic broadcast flooding mechanism. > Each node stores the entries it is responsible for (following the DHT > rules) in its soft_iface ARP table. This makes it possible to reuse the > kernel data structures and functions for ARP management. Applied in revision 79b67f7. Thanks, Marek