[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 3/3] package/batman-adv: add note about linux mainline kernel module alternative

[Yann E. MORIN]

Peter, All,

On 2021-03-16 21:53 +0100, Peter Seiderer spake thusly:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:19:23 +0100, "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> > Peter, All,
> > On 2021-03-16 19:14 +0100, Peter Seiderer spake thusly:
> > > Since version 2.6.38 batman-adv is integreated into the linux mainline
> > > kernel ([1], [2]) so add a note about it in the Config.in help text.
> > Note also that the versionwe have is 2019.3, two years old, and the
> > in-tree version for recent kernels is probably in better shape than what
> > we carry.
> See
> 	https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20210311210804.9616-2-ps.report@gmx.net/
> for update to 2021.0

Hehe... :-)

> > Shouldn't we drop this package, now?
> 
> Would suspect the use case/reason why batman-adv is still provided as out-of-tree module is
> to enable up-to-date batman with older kernels...as the 2021.0 release announcement mentions
> compatibility with 4.4 to 5.11 (see [3])...

OK, that make sense. Thanks.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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