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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