[Babel-users] [PATCH RFC] [package] babeld and ahcpd: update and UCIfication

[Gabriel Kerneis]

Hi,

I've finished to convert the babeld and ahcpd packages to use UCI.  In
the meantime, I've updated them to latest upstream revision and
integrated ahcp as a protocol in OpenWrt.

The latter means that now, if you want to configure an interface with
ahcp, you just need to put the following in /etc/config/network:

  config 'interface' 'wifi'
    option 'ifname' 'ath0'
    option 'proto' 'ahcp'

The config file (/etc/config/ahcp) is now reserved for forwarder and
server mode configuration.  Nothing prevents you from using ahcp in
client mode on some interfaces, and server mode on some others (but
server and forwarder modes are mutually exclusive).

The babel patch is not very different from what I sent yesterday, only a
few fixes based on feedback I got off-list (thank you all).

This patches have been tested today rather extensively.  I'll commit
them in the trunk very soon, but felt it necessary to make this public
annoucement since they change deeply how the packages are configured.

Please upgrade and provide more feedback if anything looks wrong.
Atheros packages (working on my Fonera 2100) are available here:
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~kerneis/software/files/ahcpd_0.51-1_atheros.ipk
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~kerneis/software/files/babeld_0.98-1_atheros.ipk

Regards,
-- 
Gabriel Kerneis