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[87.20.154.249]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w16sm41527762wrp.1.2019.01.04.09.34.53 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:34:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 18:34:53 +0100 From: Alfonso Siciliano To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libsysctl: a C API for sysctl-mib-tree Message-Id: <20190104183453.4066d087bc9e0070e27bc179@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181222202228.95f48408c8e2ebe9c40d9d75@gmail.com> References: <20181222202228.95f48408c8e2ebe9c40d9d75@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A4D4B73093 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=J6nihOKP; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of alfix86@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::32d as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=alfix86@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.09 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.987,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(-2.59)[ip: (-9.34), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-1.88), asn: 15169(-1.66), country: US(-0.08)]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[d.2.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:34:58 -0000 Hello, > I' m currently working on a library called "libsysctl" which will > provide a C API to wrap kern_sysctl.c undocumented interface, build > mib-entry, entries-list and mib-tree in userspace and then to do > the work that /sbin/sysctl currently does. > I could submit a patch to reviews.freebsd.org to solicit feedback Review: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18696 (reviewers are welcome) > and write a wiki page. Wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/AlfonsoSiciliano/libsysctl > Overview http://gitlab.com/alfix/libsysctl/blob/master/README.md > manuals *.3 in libsysctl/doc/ are 'work in progress'. Manual: https://gitlab.com/alfix/libsysctl/blob/master/libsysctl.txt Regards, Alfonso Siciliano