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Batman-adv 2021.4 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann over 2 years ago

Nov 19th, 2021. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the November 2021 update to batman-adv! Several code cleanups and bugfixes are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2021.4/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.16)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • bugs squashed:
    • fix error handling during interface initialization

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

Batman-adv 2021.3 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann over 2 years ago

Sep 14th, 2021. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the September 2021 update to batman-adv! The broadcast queuing changes from 2021.2 were now utilized to reduce the packet copy overhead when sending broadcast packets. Also several code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2021.3/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.15)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • reduced memory copy overhead when sending broadcasts

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

Batman-adv 2021.2 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann over 2 years ago

Aug 20th, 2021. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the August 2021 update to batman-adv, batctl and alfred! The multicast support in batman-adv can now utilize the Multicast Router Discovery of the Linux bridge to detect IPv4/IPv6 multicast listeners and routers. The broadcast packet handling was also redesigned to reduce the latency and to prepare the necessary infrastructure for interfaces specific handling. Also several bugfixes and code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2021.2/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.14)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • add MRD + routable IPv4 multicast with bridges support
  • rewrite of broadcast queuing
  • bugs squashed:
    • avoid kernel warnings on timing related checks

batctl

  • manpage cleanups
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring

alfred

  • manpage cleanups

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

IRC channel moved to irc.hackint.org #batadv

Added by Sven Eckelmann almost 3 years ago

Due to recent developments around the Freenode.org IRC network, the opinions about the usage of this service shifted dramatically.

A small poll in the IRC channel at the end of last week showed that most (actively participating) users wanted to leave freenode and the network with the most positive votes was hackint.org. The new home at ircs://irc.hackint.org/batadv was prepared on Sunday. You can find also other interesting channels in the neighborhood. #freifunk (including many communities), #gluon, #dn42, various CCC channels and many more.

We hope to see you soon in the new channel at ircs://irc.hackint.org/batadv

Batman-adv 2021.1 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann almost 3 years ago

May 18th, 2021. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the May 2021 update to batman-adv, batctl and alfred! batctl gained the support for "*_json" commands which make it possible to query the batman-adv kernel module over generic netlink and receive the answer as JSON. The alfred server was modified to start the server even when batman-adv or interface(s) are not yet available. A special parameter "--force" must be provided to enable this behavior. Also several bugfixes and code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2021.1/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.13)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • bugs squashed:
    • correctly initialize padding when sending out translation table TVLVs

batctl

  • add various commands to print generic netlink replies as JSON
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring

alfred

  • Allow to force of alfred startup when the interfaces don't work/exist (yet)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

systemd v248 brings support for B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced

Added by Annika Wickert about 3 years ago

With the release of systemd v248, systemd-networkd now supports creation and management of B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced interfaces.

The minimum required version of batman-adv to work with systemd-networkd is 2021.0.

An example .netdev file looks like the following:

[NetDev]
Name=bat0
Kind=batadv

[BatmanAdvanced]
GatewayMode=server
RoutingAlgorithm=batman-v
OriginatorIntervalSec=5

Thanks

For all the reviews and advices The initial idea
  • Andreas Rammhold
Sending in the patch

Batman-adv 2021.0 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann about 3 years ago

Jan 28th, 2021. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the January 2021 update to batman-adv, batctl and alfred! The deprecated support for batman-adv's sysfs and debugfs files was removed from all components. batctl and batman-adv now also allow the selection of the routing algorithm during the interface creation. This can be used to avoid the undefined behavior when multiple processes trying to create interfaces with different routing algorithms. Also several bugfixes and code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2021.0/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.11)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • drop support for sysfs+debugfs
  • allow to select routing algorithm during creation of interface
  • bugs squashed:
    • allocate enough reserved room on fragments for lower devices

batctl

  • Drop support for batman-adv's sysfs+debugfs
  • allow to select routing algorithm during creation of interface
  • bugs squashed:
    • fix query of meshif's ap_isolation status
    • ignore "interface already exists" error during "interface add"

alfred

  • Drop support for batman-adv's sysfs+debugfs

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

Batman-adv 2020.4 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann over 3 years ago

Oct 27th, 2020. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the October 2020 update to batman-adv and batctl! The bridge loop avoidance and translation table code received several fixes for bugs in connection with the multicast optimization. Which would otherwise potentially cause packet loss or even routing loops. Also several code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2020.4/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.10)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • bugs squashed:
    • fix incorrect reroute handling of multicast packets
    • improve handling of multicast packets by bridge loop avoidance

batctl

  • bugs squashed:
    • Fix endianness in ICMPv6 Echo Request/Reply parsing

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

Batman-adv 2020.3 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann over 3 years ago

Aug 24th, 2020. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the August 2020 update to batman-adv, batctl and alfred! An additional hop penalty can now be configured on a per interface basis. Also several bugfixes and code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2020.3/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.9)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • introduce a configurable per interface hop penalty
  • bugs squashed:
    • avoid uninitialized chaddr when handling DHCP
    • fix own OGMv2 check in aggregation receive handling
    • fix "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08" warnings caused by BLA

batctl

  • add per interface hop penalty command

alfred

  • synchronization of batman-adv netlink header

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

Batman-adv 2020.2 released

Added by Sven Eckelmann almost 4 years ago

Jul 6th, 2020. Today the B.A.T.M.A.N. team publishes the July 2020 update to batman-adv, batctl and alfred! This release drops the support for the end-of-life Linux kernel versions (<4.3). The B.A.T.M.A.N. V throughput detection for ethernet devices without auto-negotiation was enabled again to support more configurations out of the box. Most users will still require a manual setting via the throughput_override for such devices. The automatic removal of (empty) batadv mesh interfaces during a batctl meshif bat0 interface del .... was dropped. An explicit batctl meshif bat0 interface destroy is now required to remove the batadv interface. Also several bugfixes and code cleanups are included in this version.

As the kernel module always depends on the Linux kernel it is compiled against, it does not make sense to provide binaries on our website. As usual, you will find the signed tarballs in our download section:

https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-2020.2/

Thanks

Thanks to all people sending in patches:

and to all those that supported us with good advice or rigorous testing:

batman-adv

  • support latest kernels (4.4 - 5.8)
  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • dropped support for kernels < 4.4
  • re-enabled link speed detection for interfaces without auto negotiation

batctl

  • coding style cleanups and refactoring
  • drop support for automatic destruction of empty meshifs
  • bugs squashed:
    • Fix parsing of radiotap headers on big endian systems

alfred

  • Rephrase names of server roles

Happy routing,

The B.A.T.M.A.N. team

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