[Babel-users] Some minor incompatible changes to the configuration language

[Baptiste Jonglez]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 11:33:18PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
> >> Split-horizon is *disabled* on interfaces of type "auto", so if you want
> >> split-horizon, you should manually set the interface type.
> 
> > I'm not sure I get the meaning of "auto", then.  Does it mean babeld will
> > auto-detect the interface type (whenever possible, using e.g. netlink to
> > look for a wireless interface), or is it just a generic interface type
> > with safe defaults?
> 
> Yeah, it's confusing.
> 
> "auto" means that babeld will attempt detection of a wireless
> interface. If it's successful, it will be identical to "wireless".  If the
> detection fails, the result is to be "wired" except for split horizon.
> 
> I guess I'll define a new type "conservative" which corresponds to what is
> done if the interface is not detected as wireless.  Or do you have better
> ideas?

Call it "type default" so that there is no preconception, and explain what
it does in the man page?
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