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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 0/3] batctl: Use libnl(-tiny) for netlink
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On Thursday 16 January 2014 22:11:38 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> I think that it may still be the case that we want to compile batctl on
> an host without libnl.

We == "I have this use case"?

> In the end batman-adv can run on Ethernet and we may have an embedded
> system with no wifi which has no libnl at all.

(Now a little bit sarcasm): batctl can also run without batman-adv, please 
allow to drop the useless sysfs/debugfs stuff ;)

> I was wondering....what if we check if libnl is installed or not and in
> case it is missing we disable the address translation and vlan operations?
> In this way we can add the dependency to libnl and avoid code
> duplication but at the same time we keep libnl-free users happy.

I agree that it is possible but would like to avoid to provide a "fallback" 
because it justs adds more complexity without an actual use case (please 
correct me but I don't see it right now).

If you still think it is necessary then please feel free to add it later.

Kind regards,
	Sven
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