Re: [pcp] Local context vs dynamic namespace

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 11:45 +1000, Ken McDonell wrote:
> Just to go in circles once more ... PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL is only ever going
> to work for the (DSO) PMDAs that have been "Install"ed on the local host
> because this is the only way to get the correct PMNS installed as well.
> 
> So I think the using pmcd.conf model would work just fine ... and
> Nathan's right we don't need to extend the pmcd.conf format -- if you
> are a DSO PMDA defined in pmcd.conf then by default you're available via
> PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL, end of story.

Only caveat to this (now that I've done the work) is the pmcd pmda ...
it is excluded from PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL use because it only makes sense
when attached to the address space of a running pmcd (not an arbitrary
PCP client application).