> As for "there's already lots of code to parse this", where? For what language? If I can't parse your pseudo-SNMP format with a shell script, it's useless -- and it completely defeats the purpose of /proc.
> If you want to impose SNMP on the kernel, do it in your own user space FS. But don't make the rest of us suffer through it, huh?
The longer I follow that syntax thread the more I like the VFS approach with
/proc/.../net/devices/eth0
transmit/
bytes
packets
errors
...
receive/
...
Advantages:
- Easy to parse and use for scripts.
- Easy to read for humans.
- Unproblematic
- Easily extendable, will not break scripts when extending.
Disadvantage:
- When reading bytes/packets you might get slightly different
views for new packets may have arrived.
I think we can take a bit heisenberg unsharpness in regards to useability.
Ciao, Marcus
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