On Samstag, 29. Oktober 2016 12:56:28 CEST Jiri Pirko wrote: [...] > >> I strongly believe it is a huge mistake to use sysfs for things like > >> this. This should be done via generic netlink api. > > > >This doesn't change the problem that it is already that way. This patch > >only adds the list of available files to the README. > > Sure. Just found out you did it like that. Therefore I commented. I > suggest to rework the api to use genl entirely.
Fair enough, I have added it to the issue tracker [1]. It seems there is no easy way to drop support for modifying batman-adv attributes of the interface or its ports via sysfs in the near future. But disallowing sysfs for new attributes might be a viable policy. Kind regards, Sven [1] https://www.open-mesh.org/issues/300
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