From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 24 16:12:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20679 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:12:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20629 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:12:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA00777; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807242309.QAA00777@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Robert Withrow cc: wjw@IAEhv.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SYSCTL ....... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:17:29 EDT." <199807241217.IAA01417@spooky.rwwa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:09:02 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message