--- net-snmp-5.4.2.1/agent/mibgroup/ucd-snmp/loadave.c~	2009-12-21 21:00:10.094254079 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.4.2.1/agent/mibgroup/ucd-snmp/loadave.c	2009-12-21 22:02:45.398903148 +0200
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
          {ERRORNAME}},
         {LOADAVE, ASN_OCTET_STR, RONLY, var_extensible_loadave, 1,
          {LOADAVE}},
-        {LOADMAXVAL, ASN_OCTET_STR, RONLY, var_extensible_loadave, 1,
+        {LOADMAXVAL, ASN_OCTET_STR, RWRITE, var_extensible_loadave, 1,
          {LOADMAXVAL}},
         {LOADAVEINT, ASN_INTEGER, RONLY, var_extensible_loadave, 1,
          {LOADAVEINT}},
@@ -309,6 +309,63 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+write_laConfig(int action,
+                          u_char * var_val,
+                          u_char var_val_type,
+                          size_t var_val_len,
+                          u_char * statP, oid * name, size_t name_len)
+{
+    static double laConfig = 0;
+
+    switch (action) {
+    case RESERVE1:
+        if (var_val_type != ASN_OCTET_STR) {
+            DEBUGMSGTL(("ucd-snmp/loadave",
+                        "write to laConfig not ASN_OCTET_STR\n"));
+            return SNMP_ERR_WRONGTYPE;
+        }
+        if (var_val_len > 8 || var_val_len <= 0) {
+            DEBUGMSGTL(("ucd-snmp/loadave",
+                        "write to laConfig: bad length\n"));
+            return SNMP_ERR_WRONGLENGTH;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    case RESERVE2:
+        {
+            u_char buf[8];
+            int old_errno = errno;
+            double val;
+            char *endp;
+
+            strncpy(buf, var_val, var_val_len);
+            buf[var_val_len] = '\0';
+            val = strtod(buf, &endp);
+
+            if (errno == ERANGE || *endp != '\0' || val < 0 || val > 65536.00) {
+                errno = old_errno;
+                DEBUGMSGTL(("ucd-snmp/loadave",
+                            "write to laConfig: invalid value\n"));
+                return SNMP_ERR_WRONGVALUE;
+            }
+
+            errno = old_errno;
+
+            laConfig = val;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    case COMMIT:
+        {
+            int idx = name[name_len - 1] - 1;
+            maxload[idx] = laConfig;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return SNMP_ERR_NOERROR;
+}
+
 u_char         *
 var_extensible_loadave(struct variable * vp,
                        oid * name,
@@ -328,6 +385,10 @@
     case MIBINDEX:
         long_ret = name[*length - 1];
         return ((u_char *) (&long_ret));
+    case LOADMAXVAL:
+        /* setup write method, but don't return yet */
+        *write_method = write_laConfig;
+        break;
     case ERRORNAME:
         sprintf(errmsg, "Load-%d", ((name[*length - 1] == 1) ? 1 :
                                     ((name[*length - 1] == 2) ? 5 : 15)));