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Re: [lwip-users] snmp mib parser-generator
From: |
James Harwood |
Subject: |
Re: [lwip-users] snmp mib parser-generator |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:13:27 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: Simon Goldschmidt <address@hidden>
> To: Mailing list for lwIP users <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tue, April 26, 2011 2:02:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [lwip-users] snmp mib parser-generator
>
>
> Kieran Mansley <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > While coding a private mib, it became apparent that a tool to parse a
> > MIB text
> > > file and generate a C source code skeleton would be really useful.
> >
> > It's not really appropriate to release this as part of lwIP unless it is
> > highly specialised to work with the lwIP interfaces.
>
> I guess the point is that it *is* specialised to work with lwIP: the snmp
> code
>created by Axon provides support for a private mib but leaves it to the user
>to
>correctly code the structs so that snmp access works and complies to a MIB
>text
>file that one might need to feed into a 3rd party snmp tool.
>
> Most snmp stacks provide a MIB text parser and personally, I think our
> private
>MIB code is pretty useless without such a tool. However, while I would
>welcome
>such a tool to be shipped with lwIP, I don't have the time to test it right
>now.
>
> Simon
Thanks Simon,
May be it could be added to the contrib/ branch somehow?
I quite understand about not having enough time to test it. Providing a
skeleton code file in a few seconds is one thing, actually instrumenting and
testing takes a whole lot longer :)
James