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BATMAN-ADV external module

Introduction

The batman-adv module is shipped as part of the Linux kernel and as external module. The external module allows to get new features without upgrading to a newer kernel version and to get batman-adv specific bugfixes for kernels that are not supported anymore. It compiles against and should work with Linux 3.2 - 4.16. Supporting older versions is not planned, but it's probably easy to backport it. If you work on a backport, feel free to contact us. :-)

COMPILE

To compile against your currently installed kernel, just type:

# make

if you want to compile against some other kernel, use:

# make KERNELPATH=/path/to/kernel

if you want to install this module:

# sudo make install

CONFIGURATION

The in-kernel module can be configured through menuconfig. When compiling outside of the kernel tree, it is necessary to configure it using the make options. Each option can be set to to y (enabled), n (disabled) or m (build as module). Available options and their possible values are (default marked with an "*")

  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUGFS=[y*|n] (B.A.T.M.A.N. debugfs entries)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG=[y|n*] (B.A.T.M.A.N. debugging)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA=[y*|n] (B.A.T.M.A.N. bridge loop avoidance)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DAT=[y*|n] (B.A.T.M.A.N. Distributed ARP Table)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST=[y*|n] (B.A.T.M.A.N. multicast optimizations)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC=[y|n*] (B.A.T.M.A.N. Network Coding)
  • CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V=[y|n*] (B.A.T.M.A.N. V routing algorithm)

e.g., debugging can be enabled by:

# make CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG=y

Keep in mind that all options must also be added to make install call.