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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 2/2] batman-adv: send each broadcast only once on non-wireless interfaces
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:31:37 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201303161831.37314.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <011ead7529e3c7e2b2a906cae3b1e8c8e3e40967.1362867238.git.mschiffer@universe-factory.net>

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 06:14:23 Matthias Schiffer wrote:
> While it makes sense to send each broadcast thrice on 802.11 (WLAN)
> interfaces as broadcasts are often unreliable on these, there is no reason
> to do so on other interface types.
> 
> The increased the overhead can be harmful on low-bandwidth links like VPN
> connections over slow internet lines, therefore it is better to reduce the
> number of broadcast packets sent on non-wireless links to one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
> ---
>  hard-interface.c | 4 ++++
>  main.h           | 5 +++++
>  send.c           | 5 ++++-
>  types.h          | 1 +
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied in revision cc1fde3.

Thanks,
Marek


PS: Also struct definitions require kernel doc ..

  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-16 10:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-09 10:33 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] batman-adv: send each broadcast only once on non-wireless interfaces Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-09 10:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv3] " Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-09 20:17   ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-03-09 21:18     ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv4 1/2] batman-adv: split batadv_is_wifi_iface() into two functions Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-09 21:18       ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv4 2/2] batman-adv: send each broadcast only once on non-wireless interfaces Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-09 22:14       ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 1/2] batman-adv: split batadv_is_wifi_iface() into two functions Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-09 22:14         ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 2/2] batman-adv: send each broadcast only once on non-wireless interfaces Matthias Schiffer
2013-03-16 10:31           ` Marek Lindner [this message]
2013-03-16 10:21         ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 1/2] batman-adv: split batadv_is_wifi_iface() into two functions Marek Lindner

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