On Tuesday, 8 December 2020 08:48:56 CET Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > Is there some explanation besides an opinion? Some kind goal which you want > > to > > achieve with it maybe? > > Just a cleanup. I've been under the impression that this version is just > an relic from oot times.
There are various entities which are loving to use the distro kernel and
replace the batman-adv module with a backport from a newer kernel version.
Similar to what is done in OpenWrt for the wifi drivers.
> > At least for us it was an easy way to query the release cycle information
> > via
> > batctl. Which made it easier for us to roughly figure out what an reporter/
> > inquirer was using - independent of whether he is using the in-kernel
> > version
> > or a backported version.
>
> Is the OOT scenario still valid ?
Since the backport is OOT - yes, it is still valid.
Kind regards,
Sven
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