Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 01:46:59PM CEST, s...@narfation.org wrote:
>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.

Cool. Thanks!


>
>Kind regards,
>       Sven
>
>[1] https://www.open-mesh.org/issues/300


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