Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:04:28 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Cipta H <ciphwn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: writing libnetstat for Summer of Code 2009 Message-ID: <49BEA2BC.6000405@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <13b997e60903161141j8faaf7frd6ce9b1423b40164@mail.gmail.com> References: <13b997e60903160716x21881adfma588c32551c36e6f@mail.gmail.com> <21C1FF9D-4CDA-4476-9F11-3DE281279C1A@freebsd.org> <13b997e60903161141j8faaf7frd6ce9b1423b40164@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Cipta, Cipta H wrote: > XML? I was thinking of some opaque C structures that the functions write > data to, and then supply some accessor methods, just like the ones in > libmemstat. Or are you thinking of a different XML? I'm not very sure but I think Rui is referring XML like the GEOM subsystem has used (perhaps to have the kernel expose the statistics data with XML and the userland part of the library parse and return the result)? > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 16 Mar 2009, at 14:16, Cipta H wrote: >>> 2. How much experience in C do you need to do this project? Do you >>> need to know the FreeBSD kernel? >> Yes, you need to understand the C programming language well and to be able >> to learn how the FreeBSD kernel works. You also need to figure out a way to >> structure the data. I know that XML was proposed in the past, but I don't >> know if this is the case. >> >> -- >> Rui Paulo >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkm+orwACgkQi+vbBBjt66DyAACfZYT9/IbaPkUViBqDV6whxi2L N/8An0av6fp/EahIw5aUmd01lfNEo4el =t1WB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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