Re: Suggested dual human/binary interface for proc/devfs

From: Dominik Kubla (dominik.kubla@uni-mainz.de)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 01:20:59 EST

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On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 03:20:31PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> sysctl is a lot like SNMP MIBs. It might be a good idea to formalize
> this relationship.

Hear! Hear! Isn't that what the *BSD folks have done? I seem to remember
seeing something which looked suspiciously like OID's in their sysinfo
interface. IMHO this is the way to go. But then the Linux community is
known for reinventing the wheel time and again. (Oh boy, i sure hope this
phrase is not copyright-protected by MSNBC...)

Dominik Kubla

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