If i was planning to use the delegate for the get requests, can i still use the register_readfd instead of the snmp_alarm_register from the example file delayed_instance.c, if not, can someone provide a pseudo code of how use it.
Sridhar On Nov 23, 2007 3:12 PM, Dave Shield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/11/2007, Sridhar Addagada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now i'm planning > > to use the register_readfd, to hook up socket descriptor opened to the > > other process. What i want to know can i do it before the > > init_agetn() and init_snmp or after? > > I don't think it matters. > > There is no explicit initialisation of the fd_event_manager, > so you should be able to register your socket descriptors > before initialising the SNMP libraries if you wish to. > > The registered FDs are only ever referenced by the > netsnmp_external_event_info() and netsnmp_dispatch_external_events() > calls, which both lie within the main agent event loop. So it's > equally possible to register your socket descriptors late on > in the initialisation sequence. (Or even when the agent is > fully up and running, if that's what is convenient). > > Basically, this mechanism is fairly self-contained, so you > can register the socket descriptors whenever you like. > > Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
