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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH v5 2/6] batman-adv: speed up dat by
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 09:06:38AM +0200, Ruben Wisniewski wrote:
> What exactly is the target of it? Just refresh the timer for arp entries? Why don't just ask the kernel arp table if it knows something bout the mac-address?

Yes, refreshing DAT cache entry timers more frequently was the
idea.

There usually is no entry in a host's ARP table if bridges are
involved, though. Which is the typical use-case with batman-adv.

Regards, Linus