From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: netconsole fun
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:33:55 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kacauj$en0$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1355345957.2687.18.camel@thor
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 at 20:59 GMT, Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> wrote:
>
> Just wondering if you think something like the patch below is
> suitable/acceptable for insulating netconsole from inconsistent device
> name scenarios without changing the existing semantics. The basic idea
> is to allow an ethernet MAC address in the <dev> field of the
> netconsole= options, and if a MAC address was specified rather than a
> device name, to do the dev lookup from the MAC address instead.
>
> This doesn't extend to, but also doesn't interfere with, the dynamic
> config of netconsole via configfs.
>
> Would you mind reviewing it?
>
This is a good idea. Just that you need to complete the configfs
interface too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-13 10:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-10 14:17 netconsole fun Peter Hurley
2012-12-11 4:51 ` Cong Wang
2012-12-11 14:19 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-11 14:30 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-11 15:16 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-11 16:45 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-11 17:17 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-11 21:19 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-12 20:59 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-13 10:33 ` Cong Wang [this message]
2012-12-13 12:36 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-13 14:49 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-13 18:08 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-13 19:27 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-13 21:17 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-13 22:24 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-14 14:20 ` Neil Horman
2012-12-15 14:13 ` Peter Hurley
2012-12-17 14:20 ` Neil Horman
2013-04-29 17:28 ` Peter Hurley
2013-04-29 18:21 ` Neil Horman
2013-04-30 2:44 ` Cong Wang
2013-05-03 19:07 ` Peter Hurley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-12-10 18:00 Peter Hurley
2013-05-05 0:59 Neil Horman
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