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From: Balbir Singh <balbir-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org"
	<Containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: SNMP statistics in namespaces
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:12:26 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48AEDE62.8020909@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1219418446.20559.60.camel@nimitz>

Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 13:57 +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
>> I was looking at the 2.6.26 nw namespace code, and noticed that the
>> SNMP counters are still system wide. Looking at the status page there
>> is not separate item on SNMP. Was this overlooked, skipped on purpose,
>> or is it in the pipeline?
>>
>> Hope some one can answer this...
> 
> I'm an idiot.  I know that SNMP has something to do with network
> statistics, and I'm too lazy to google it.
> 
> Could you give us a quick idea why SNMP is important here?  You're
> welcome to add it to the list, but it's unlikely to get implemented
> until someone thinks it is important.  That said, I'd be happy to help
> you put together some patches to implement it.

SNMP is typically the way that most network administration (statistics and
control) is done. I have not looked at the network namespace implementation, but
I am quite confident that it would be a useful thing to do, if not done already.

-- 
	Balbir

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-22 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-22 11:57 SNMP statistics in namespaces Eelco Chaudron
     [not found] ` <C4D47648.E5E8%echaudron-SvgryPHmmKB+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-22 15:20   ` Dave Hansen
2008-08-22 15:42     ` Balbir Singh [this message]
2008-08-25  8:07     ` Eelco Chaudron
     [not found]       ` <C4D834D4.E6F9%echaudron-SvgryPHmmKB+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-25 14:36         ` Daniel Lezcano
     [not found]           ` <48B2C351.1090304-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 12:09             ` Pavel Emelyanov
     [not found]               ` <48B3F294.7030007-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 12:30                 ` Eelco Chaudron
     [not found]                   ` <C4D9C40E.E75A%echaudron-SvgryPHmmKB+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 13:14                     ` Pavel Emelyanov

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