From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261977AbULPSpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:45:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261980AbULPSpS (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:45:18 -0500 Received: from dsl027-176-166.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.176.166]:26284 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261977AbULPSpL (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:45:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:44:38 -0800 From: Matt Mackall To: Park Lee Cc: mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What's the matter with build-in netconsole? Message-ID: <20041216184438.GH2767@waste.org> References: <20041216143537.41770.qmail@web51502.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041216143537.41770.qmail@web51502.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:35:37AM -0800, Park Lee wrote: > Hi, > I try to use netconsole to keep Linux kernel oops to > another machine. I've compiled netconsole into the > kernel (i.e. select CONFIG_NETCONSOLE=y, when run > 'make menuconfig'). > After that, I put > "netconsole=@/,514@192.168.0.1/00:02:3F:03:D2:59" > (which is described in > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt) You have to configure a source IP address for built-in netconsole, as interfaces normally don't have addresses assigned to them until init. > to the kernel command line as provided by grub and > rerun my machine with the new compiled kernel. > But then, when the system is booting, it shows the > following message: > > ... ... > Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. > audit(1103234064.4294965842:0): initialized > netconsole: eth0 doesn't exist, aborting. > ... ... > > Then, What's the matter with the build-in > netconsole? Have I misconfiged the netconsole? and How > to really run build-in netconsole? Is your network driver built in? Is it eth0 (you let netconsole use the default)? Is it initialized before netconsole? Please send your _entire_ dmesg. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.