[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Batman as a kernel module

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Batman as a kernel module

[Mitar]

Hi!

What are the reasons (except for performance) of Batman being a kernel
module? Is there a way for running it in user-space? We have some
servers where we get donated bandwidth, but as people are running also
other stuff on those servers they do not really like adding kernel
modules and probably even rebooting servers for upgrading to newer
Batman versions.

Would some compatibility layer be possible to have to run Batman in
user-space? Are there any existing known?


Mitar

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Batman as a kernel module

[Sven Eckelmann]

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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 02:05:40 PM Mitar wrote:
> Would some compatibility layer be possible to have to run Batman in
> user-space? Are there any existing known?

KVM

Kind regards,
	Sven

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Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Batman as a kernel module

[Antonio Quartulli]

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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 02:05:40PM +0200, Mitar wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> What are the reasons (except for performance) of Batman being a kernel
> module? Is there a way for running it in user-space? We have some
> servers where we get donated bandwidth, but as people are running also
> other stuff on those servers they do not really like adding kernel
> modules and probably even rebooting servers for upgrading to newer
> Batman versions.

Why not using the out-of-the-tree batman-adv package? You can compile the latest
batman-adv module against the running kernel (it must be >=2.6.29). You can find
more details in the README.external file that you will find in the batman-adv
out-of-the-tree package.

Cheers,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

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

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Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Batman as a kernel module

[Mitar]

Hi!

Thanks for both ideas. KVM sounds great.

OK, so I have no more ideas against Batman. :-) And it got a "go" from
Kostko. So this looks very good. :-)


Mitar