Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Part of that is probably that sysctl (a) is very messy inside the kernel
> > and (b) there is noone really maintaining the MIBs. Would it help if I
> > volunteered to maintain the MIBs?
>
> Currently the mibs I've seen are the sysctl numbers so we get them anyway
> but they might as well be maintained and official.
>
Right, and that's of course the whole point with sysctl numbers --
having a uniform numeric representation.
> The devices.txt stuff works fine so I definitely have no problem with you
> being MIBmaster too
If noone else objects I'll look into this as soon as I can shake free a
few hours, including where they should be grafted onto the snmp tree
root. Pointers to existing practice appreciated.
-hpa
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