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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:31:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
To:        Maksim Yevmenkin <myevmenk@exodus.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject:   Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)
Message-ID:  <200211052231.gA5MVuJB040317@arch20m.dellroad.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DC82EB5.7974429D@exodus.net> "from Maksim Yevmenkin at Nov 5, 2002 12:48:53 pm"

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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.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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