From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marek Lindner Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:31:37 +0800 References: <011ead7529e3c7e2b2a906cae3b1e8c8e3e40967.1362867238.git.mschiffer@universe-factory.net> In-Reply-To: <011ead7529e3c7e2b2a906cae3b1e8c8e3e40967.1362867238.git.mschiffer@universe-factory.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201303161831.37314.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 2/2] batman-adv: send each broadcast only once on non-wireless interfaces 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: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org 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 > --- > 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 ..