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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 4/5] batman-adv: Make number of
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On Sunday 10 October 2010 06:30:00 Linus L=C3=BCssing wrote:
> Depending on the scenario, people might want to adjust the number of
> (re)broadcast of data packets - usually higher values in sparse or lower
> values in dense networks.

Is there a good reason to change this value at runtime or would a define be=
=20
enough ? I just get scared when we add too many options that almost nobody=
=20
cares about.=20

In other words: What is the use case ? Can we handle it by some kind of aut=
o-
detection ?

Regards,
Marek