[collectd] patch: monitor serial port traffic

[Florian Forster]

Hello David,

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:53:42PM -0700, David Bacher wrote:
> I have created a small module for monitoring serial traffic (as
> reported by /proc/tty/driver/ttyS or /proc/tty/driver/serial).

> This module works on my linux 2.4.19 system (arm architecture). I'm
> not sure whether it will work on others.

thanks for your contribution ;) I never thought of monitoring serial
traffic, but regarding embedded devices this makes perfect sense..

> I have a set of embedded systems that I've started monitoring using
> collectd. I don't have the desire to build rrdtool for these systems,
> but the client side of collectd (in network mode) doesn't actually
> need it.

Hm, that's right.. Obviously I didn't think this client-mode to the end.
I'll have a look at your changes and get back to you if I have any
questions ;)

> I know how to modify the Makefile, but I don't know how to make the
> appropriate autoconf changes.

I'm not quite sure yet how I want to solve this.. One solution would be
to build three binaries `collectd', `collectd-client' and
`collectd-server' that correspondent `local'-, client- and server-mode.
Then autoconf-parameters could switch building of these binaries on or
off.. The other possibility is to build a `client only' (or `server
only') binary and corresponding modules. The `client only' binary would
not link against `librrd', the `server only' modules would not require
`libsensors', `libkstat' or whatever it is the module links against to
get data.. I think I favor the second approach, though.. Looks like a
busy weekend ;)

Thanks again and regards,
-octo
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