On Tuesday, 8 December 2020 08:48:56 CET Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
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Is there some explanation besides an opinion? Some kind goal which you want to
achieve with it maybe?
Just a cleanup. I've been under the impression that this version is just
an relic from oot times.
There are various entities which are loving to use the distro kernel and
replace the batman-adv module with a backport from a newer kernel version.
Similar to what is done in OpenWrt for the wifi drivers.
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At least for us it was an easy way to query the release cycle information via
batctl. Which made it easier for us to roughly figure out what an reporter/
inquirer was using - independent of whether he is using the in-kernel version
or a backported version.
Is the OOT scenario still valid ?
Since the backport is OOT - yes, it is still valid.
Kind regards,
Sven