Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC v2 2/6] batman-adv: Rename batman-adv.h to batadv_genl.h

From: Sven Eckelmann
Date: Fri Dec 15 2017 - 05:32:39 EST


On Mittwoch, 6. Dezember 2017 11:58:14 CET Willem de Bruijn wrote:
[...]
> >> > ---
> >> > MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
> >> > include/uapi/linux/{batman_adv.h => batadv_genl.h} | 6 +++---
> >>
> >> This and the previous patch changes uapi. That might break userspace
> >> applications that rely on it.
> >
> > I am not aware of any application because all (alfred, batctl and some gluon
> > integration) of them currently ship their own copy because distribution didn't
> > catch up. And this is also the reason why I want to do it now - not later.
>
> That assumes that you know all applications, including those not
> publicly available. It may be true in this instance, but it is not
> possible to be certain.

I've just talked with Simon. Because you have a problem with these two
changes, he suggested that I should drop these two patches and merge packet.h
with the uapi batadv genl header batman_adv.h

Kind regards,
Sven

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