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[v4,2/5] batman-adv: Use rtnl link in device creation example

Message ID 1465592459-9474-2-git-send-email-sven@narfation.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Commit 0d218992aca856b710624809efe8e6a856d11fda
Delegated to: Marek Lindner
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Sven Eckelmann June 10, 2016, 9 p.m. UTC 
  The standard kernel API to add new virtual interfaces and attach other
interfaces to it is rtnl-link. batman-adv supports it since v3.10. This
functionality should be used instead of the legacy batman-adv-only sysfs
interface.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
---
v4:
 - rebase on top of current master
v3:
 - rebased on top of current master to fix conflicts with newest patches
v2:
 - rebased on top of current master to fix conflicts with newest patches
---
 Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Marek Lindner June 13, 2016, 4:46 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Friday, June 10, 2016 23:00:56 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> The standard kernel API to add new virtual interfaces and attach other
> interfaces to it is rtnl-link. batman-adv supports it since v3.10. This
> functionality should be used instead of the legacy batman-adv-only sysfs
> interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
> ---
> v4:
>  - rebase on top of current master
> v3:
>  - rebased on top of current master to fix conflicts with newest patches
> v2:
>  - rebased on top of current master to fix conflicts with newest patches
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 17 +++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Applied in revision 0d21899.

Thanks,
Marek
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
index 1b5e7a7..8a8d3d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@  new interfaces to verify the compatibility. There is no  need  to
 reload the module if you plug your USB wifi adapter into your ma-
 chine after batman advanced was initially loaded.
 
-To activate a  given  interface  simply  write  "bat0"  into  its
-"mesh_iface" file inside the batman_adv subfolder:
+The batman-adv soft-interface can be created using  the  iproute2
+tool "ip"
 
-# echo bat0 > /sys/class/net/eth0/batman_adv/mesh_iface
+# ip link add name bat0 type batadv
+
+To  activate a  given  interface  simply  attach it to the "bat0"
+interface
+
+# ip link set dev eth0 master bat0
 
 Repeat  this step for all interfaces you wish to add.  Now batman
 starts using/broadcasting on this/these interface(s).
@@ -56,10 +61,10 @@  By reading the "iface_status" file you can check its status:
 # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/batman_adv/iface_status
 # active
 
-To deactivate an interface you have  to  write  "none"  into  its
-"mesh_iface" file:
+To  deactivate  an  interface  you  have   to  detach it from the
+"bat0" interface:
 
-# echo none > /sys/class/net/eth0/batman_adv/mesh_iface
+# ip link set dev eth0 nomaster
 
 
 All  mesh  wide  settings  can be found in batman's own interface