Subject: Re: Replacing the sysctl() interface.
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@cam.ac.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/06/2000 10:11:42
In article <200006051854.e55IsI503455@lop-nor.ihack.net> you write:
>Really, given the way the world works today, and the simply fact that
>site managers generally *want* SNMP support, the right thing to do is
>to merge our sysctl(2) MIB with SNMP.  The user API would be almost
>the same as it is today, but it would require no extra name
>translation for SNMP.  The internal implementation could of course be
>anything we want; adding a pluggable interface would be fairly
>trivial.

Oh good.  I'm not the only person who's had this idea.  FWIW, I'm not sure
I'm in favour of it, but it seems like it'd be rather fun to explore.

-- 
Ben Harris