Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 15:08:55 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <myevmenk@exodus.net> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2) Message-ID: <3DC84F87.D5CB9C1C@exodus.net> References: <200211052231.gA5MVuJB040317@arch20m.dellroad.org>
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Archie Cobbs wrote: > > Maksim Yevmenkin writes: > > I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. > > Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents > > whenever something happens. For example: > > > > 1) node X of type Y was created/destroyed > > 2) hook X was connected/disconnected to/from node Y > > 3) Data passed via hook X > > 4) Node X got message Y > > This would be nice, but what does kqueue() really have to do with it? > > I.e., why not just allow the creation of a ng_monitor(4) (or whatever you > want to call it) node, which would send out event report messages to > whomever connected to it. common interface? reusing existing functionality? just open a Netgraph socket, register for events and away you go. and you are right ng_monitor (or whatever) is another way to do the same thing. thanks, max To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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