[Babel-users] Specify router-id explicitly

[Markus Stenberg]

On 12.7.2015 0.52, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>>> There's no equivalent config file option, since I'm a little worried about
>>> config files being copied between nodes.
>
>> This departs from the previous mantra "All command-line options are also
>> available as a configuration statement".
>>
>> This is an issue for OpenWRT, because we simply translate OpenWRT-style
>> options into their equivalent babeld-style config options (basically,
>> "s/_/-/g").
>
> That's the whole point -- this option is dangerous, and should not be
> available in the OpenWRT config file.  This will hopefully prevent people
> from flashing routers that all have the same router-id.
>
> Please do not make this option available in the OpenWRT config file.

Unfortunately hnetd <> babeld communication occurs solely through 
configuration file (Fragment). Therefore at least for those purposes it 
has to be there, if we were to use it.

Cheers,

-Markus