[Olsr-dev] [PATCH v1 0/9] Also consider link state

[Henning Rogge]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Ferry Huberts <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>> So it seems we need a config option to activate this... and we need to
>> keep it "default off" otherwise we are in a world of mess with the
>> embedded routers.
>
> How so?
>
> See my other email:
>
> I specifically designed it such that it falls back to what we have now when
> the state could not be determined.
>
> What I added was just extra: if the state _can_ be determined, only then is
> it actually used.
>
>
> up  : state != DOWN &&  IFF_UP
> down: state == DOWN || !IFF_UP  (same as !up)
>
> note what happens when state == UNKNOWN: fallback to what we have now

I am not sure we even get an "undefined" state on these routers... as
far as I understand Bastian we get a WRONG state.

Henning