From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] pull request: batman-adv 2011-09-08
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:10:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201109220210.05025.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110921.200539.1422752575190292433.davem@davemloft.net>
On Thursday, September 22, 2011 02:05:39 David Miller wrote:
> From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:39:26 +0200
>
> > To ensure a smooth transition and efficient testing later, we
> > decided to offer a choice of routing algorithm but have not
> > come to a final decision on how to design this choice yet. It
> > either will be a compile time option, a module parameter or a
> > runtime switch. Any suggestions / best practice tips ?
>
> What do you mean by "algorithm"? Do you mean the implementation
> of the data-structure used to perform lookups?
>
> We had two data structures for our main routing table lookup
> implementation in ipv4, this was a mistake. We spent the next couple
> years maintaining two pieces of code, and finally investing lots of
> effort to eliminate the older code.
No, the data structures for the routing lookups remain the same but there will
be more than one way to fill them with data. You will only use one "filling
algorithm" at a time, so you will need to select the one you want.
Regards,
Marek
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-08 16:40 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] pull request: batman-adv 2011-09-08 Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/7] batman-adv: rename all instances of batman_packet to batman_ogm_packet Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/7] batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm processing functions in a single file Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 3/7] batman-adv: move routing packet initialization into corresponding file Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 4/7] batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm sending functions in the batman iv file Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 5/7] batman-adv: update README (date & ap isolation sysfs file) Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/7] batman-adv: update internal version number Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 16:40 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 7/7] batman-adv: Remove unnecessary OOM logging messages Marek Lindner
2011-09-08 17:31 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] pull request: batman-adv 2011-09-08 Marek Lindner
2011-09-21 19:26 ` David Miller
2011-09-21 23:39 ` Marek Lindner
2011-09-22 0:05 ` David Miller
2011-09-22 0:10 ` Marek Lindner [this message]
2011-09-22 0:11 ` David Miller
2011-09-22 11:05 ` Marek Lindner
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