Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:00:10 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <alfix86@gmail.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern_sysctl.c interface Message-ID: <CAOtMX2iPNW8x6A6chNc_q3a_j1UKQHHpGxRn2TM1mTWjD87xuQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPJrGM1tZJrPDdLF4ZqFs=kzR-Gy0k8f3%2BuGM7pEywmknJmehQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com> <78358.1552464694@critter.freebsd.dk> <CANCZdfo8v6O%2BcJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail.com> <885.1552506820@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAPJrGM1tZJrPDdLF4ZqFs=kzR-Gy0k8f3%2BuGM7pEywmknJmehQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 9:57 AM Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <alfix86@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 20:53, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > > -------- > > In message < > > CANCZdfo8v6O+cJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail.com> > > , Warner Losh writes: > > > > >> > * This interface is under work and consideration, and should probably > > >> > * be killed with a big axe by the first person who can find the time. > > >> > * (be aware though, that the proper interface isn't as obvious as it > > >> > * may seem, there are various conflicting requirements. > > >> > > >> I think that is a comment I added more than 20 years ago because we, > > >> or at least I, wondered if the sysctl-OID tree should be moved to > > >> something SNMP-OID compatible. > > >> > > >> I dont know of anything happening after that. > > > > > >I suspect after 20ish years the comment can be removed, eh? > > > > Well, it's still a butt-ugly and inefficient interface... > > > > thank you for your answers, I agree with you, > snmp-oid could be a nice project in the future. > > Regards, > Alfonso This is the first time in a long time that I've read the words "snmp" and "future" in the same sentence. Does anybody still use SNMP anymore? Has it been supplanted yet? -Alan
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