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Re: [netmod] yang to mib

Alan Dawn <alandawn91@gmail.com> Fri, 23 August 2019 23:35 UTC

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:35:35 -0400
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Subject: Re: [netmod] yang to mib
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On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 4:59 PM Juergen Schoenwaelder <
j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 04:20:44PM -0400, David Reid wrote:
> > > > Has there been any work done on defining a method of converting yang
> > > > modules to mib modules?
> > >
> > > Since YANG is way more flexible than SMIv2, this will only work if the
> > > YANG language is heavily restricted to a subset that is mappable. My
> > > recommendation is to not spent time on this.
> > >
> > > /js
> >
> > Some of the yang constructs that can't easily be mapped could be mapped
> with some creativity. I think the subset that can't be mapped would be
> relatively small.
> >
>
> Yes, I stand corrected, you can probably even map everything somehow.
> Whether such mappings result in _usable_ MIB module is going to be a
> question for which answers will be subjective.
>
> /js
>
>

Perhaps there would be value in defining a subset that could be reasonably
mapped.

I found a project that has a pyang module for yang to mib conversion:
http://help.openclovis.com/index.php/Convert_YANG_to_MIB_model
I was not able to get it to work, so I don't know how complete it is.

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