Date: 08 Jun 2002 22:58:32 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MIB support for network devices in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1023595112.349.25.camel@lerlaptop> In-Reply-To: <20020609035146.55A8F3E2D@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> References: <20020609035146.55A8F3E2D@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 22:51, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > > I believe you can get this info if you add the net/snmp or net/snmp4 > > port. > > Hi Larry, > > Thanks for replying. > > Hmmm. I'm talking about code that uses a FreeBSD-specific sysctl to > interrogate the in-kernel if MIB counters, like this: > [snip] > > However, most of the drivers don't seem to have any code like this in them - > and at least some of those drivers don't work with the 3rd-party application > code above. Hmm. I'm not a network developer, and have even less knowledge of what's going on in the interfaces stuff. > > Should they? Or is this an older interface? Haven't the foggiest. Have you looked in -CURRENT to see if it's different there? (and if so, see if it's planned to MFC it?) > > I'd like to advise the author so he can fix a very useful dockapp for me - or, > if this is the way to go, I'll badger Bill Paul to fix the 'wi' driver - oh, > wait a moment, maybe generating patches would be safer :) Probably Patches would work better, if their not in -CURRENT yet. But, I'm just a luser here. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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