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Date:      Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:09:02 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>
Cc:        wjw@IAEhv.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SYSCTL ....... 
Message-ID:  <199807242309.QAA00777@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:17:29 EDT." <199807241217.IAA01417@spooky.rwwa.com> 

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> Also, if you are going to have a MIB, why isn't it built like "normal"
> mibs are built, I.E. with an asn.1 description and a toolchain?  (I'm
> asking that of the general FreeBSD crowd.)

Speaking of structuring this sort of thing; make sure that any 
potential implementors have a long hard look at the DMI structures.  
See http://www.dmtf.org

This may be unpleasant and bulky, but maintaining a useful relationship 
to this structure will make FreeBSD a 'drop-in' for large management 
environments.

-- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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