> > the syslog severity levels cannot extend beyond 0-7, this is because > > the > > severity and facility values get combined into one 8 bit value per > the > > syslog spec. So if you were to assign a larger number it would end up > > arriving at the other end looking very wrong. > > Yeah, that's forbidden by RFC. I tried to change that in the IETF > process, but could not convince enough other folks :-( > > So you need to map these new facilities into the existing set.
Let me re-pharse: I would definitely not object creating a new field "extfacility" (or so) to handle integer-based facilities. I can also think of a myriad of good uses for this (could simplify filtering). In order to make it work, it would require some broad consent, that's the problem... Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards
