From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Wed Mar 13 08:11:46 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86ED71529B3A for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A466D41D for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (v-critter.freebsd.dk [192.168.55.3]) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE56202563A; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x2D8BZ9r078360 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:35 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: (from phk@localhost) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x2D8BYBb078359; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:34 GMT (envelope-from phk) To: Alfonso Siciliano cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern_sysctl.c interface In-reply-to: <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com> From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" References: <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <78357.1552464694.1@critter.freebsd.dk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:34 +0000 Message-ID: <78358.1552464694@critter.freebsd.dk> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 02A466D41D X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.50 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.42)[0.415,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freebsd.dk]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.79)[0.790,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[phk.freebsd.dk]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.91)[0.909,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[phk@phk.freebsd.dk,phk@critter.freebsd.dk]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1835, ipnet:130.225.0.0/16, country:EU]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[phk@phk.freebsd.dk,phk@critter.freebsd.dk]; IP_SCORE(0.10)[ip: (0.17), ipnet: 130.225.0.0/16(0.08), asn: 1835(0.23), country: EU(-0.00)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:11:46 -0000 -------- In message <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com>, Alfonso Si= cilia no writes: >A comment tells > > * 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. -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .