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| author | Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> | 2016-06-10 23:00:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> | 2016-08-09 07:54:26 +0200 |
| commit | f2c750fedd2e102b95a3b1008703b9f54bbc9b08 (patch) | |
| tree | f680f5b63277dfddd00f5af72f67cfac0db93a07 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | batman-adv: Define module rtnl link name (diff) | |
| download | linux-f2c750fedd2e102b95a3b1008703b9f54bbc9b08.tar.xz linux-f2c750fedd2e102b95a3b1008703b9f54bbc9b08.zip | |
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: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index 1b5e7a7f2185..8a8d3d96f6c6 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 |