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On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 01:02:11AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> The sysfs configuration interface of batman-adv to add/remove soft-interf=
aces
> is not deadlock free and doesn't follow the currently common way to creat=
e new
> virtual interfaces.
>=20
> An additional interface though rtnl_link is introduced which provides eas=
y device
> creation/deletion with tools like "ip":
>=20
> $ ip link add dev bat0 type batadv
> $ ip link del dev bat0
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

Hello Sven,

why are we adding yet another API? What's the purpose? Is this intended to =
fix
the lock bug we get while using sysfs?

Cheers,

--=20
Antonio Quartulli

=2E.each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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