Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:56:55 +0100 From: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <alfix86@gmail.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern_sysctl.c interface Message-ID: <CAPJrGM1tZJrPDdLF4ZqFs=kzR-Gy0k8f3%2BuGM7pEywmknJmehQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <885.1552506820@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com> <78358.1552464694@critter.freebsd.dk> <CANCZdfo8v6O%2BcJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail.com> <885.1552506820@critter.freebsd.dk>
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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
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