Robert: >WRB> > Wow. great description of your problem. I wish all our users were so >WRB> > verbose! >WRB> >WRB> It is really nice to have someone say this, how appreciative they are >WRB> of the verbosity of my postings. Dave tends to complain about the >WRB> length of same, suggesting that answers would come more quickly >WRB> for less descriptive extent. > >I think Dave, like me, simply wishes for a happy medium. On one extreme, we >have the users who write "my module doesn't work, why?", and on the other, we >have you, expounding at great length. The first doesn't give us enough info to >work with, and you give us lots of un-necessary stuff to wade through to try >and find the problem.
Am I so special? I don't think so. On the other hand, I have often heard from other that "you are the only person who thinks so deeply, Bill." >Of course, within the developers we have different styles ourselves. I tend to >give short, curt 'look here and then come back if you have more questions' >answers, while Dave tends to give verbose answers with details, examples and >explanations. > >But I digress. > >WRB> This is the kind of problem I expect. Still, there does not seem to >WRB> be a good alternative, for the iterated_access mechanism has not >WRB> presented to me a place where I can insert a call to the device >WRB> driver. > >Call the device driver for what? to find rows? to get data? to set data? For what other reason would I call the driver? To say hello? >WRB> Would you be more supportive of one of the handlers, or of an extension >WRB> of the if-mib implementation code? > >An extension of the if-mib code is only appropriate if the interface is to >appear in the ifTable and ifXTables. What are you trying to do with the device >driver? What MIB are you implementing? That information was presented in the email that Wes clipped. Yes, the interface, I expect, will show up in the if-mib. After all, it is a wireless ethernet adapter. I am implementing the 802.11 MIB. In any case, I need addess to the device driver, for how else am I to get management information into and out of the device in response to an SNMP get or set request? The answers to my questions regarding the specific means to interface with a device via SNMP are sure to be more generally valuable to other users of the toolkit. William R. Buckley ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
