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Commit f2c750fe authored by Sven Eckelmann's avatar Sven Eckelmann Committed by Simon Wunderlich
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batman-adv: Use rtnl link in device creation example 



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: default avatarSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMarek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSimon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
parent 9791860c

Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt

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@@ -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