On 12 September 2013 18:28, Mike Belopuhov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12 September 2013 18:14, Reyk Floeter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:53:42PM +0200, Mike Belopuhov wrote:
>>> looks like you misunderstand the problem we're dealing with here.
>>>
>>
>> Sure, I do. You're trying to push one thing and you don't want to
>> hear the concerns about a specific detail of it.
>>
>
> with all respect, i think you don't. otherwise you wouldn't be asking
> the questions you're asking.
>
> we do hear your concerns, but since even before the change if_index
> was not static at all the way you seem to be implying snmp requires
> it, i don't see a situation drastically changing. if you create all
> the interfaces on startup or before you start snmpd and don't destroy/
> re-create them nothing is changed.
>
perhaps truly persistent snmp ifindexes could be implemented in the
snmpd itself via a new configuration option, i.e.
"interface vlan1 index 1".
you don't necessarily have to use the same ones system is using for
it's own purposes.
