Re: [lwip-users] snmp mib parser-generator

[James Harwood]

> 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