From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:13:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:12:53 -0400 Received: from air-1.osdlab.org ([65.201.151.5]:61201 "EHLO osdlab.pdx.osdl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:12:46 -0400 Message-ID: <3BBA6556.E27FC534@osdlab.org> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:09:42 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andreas Dilger CC: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com Subject: Re: [patch] netconsole-2.4.10-C2 In-Reply-To: <3BB77591.C1349C09@osdlab.org> <3BB77FD7.696CFC58@osdlab.org> <20010930220950.K930@turbolinux.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On Sep 30, 2001 13:25 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > I'm interested in using netconsole early (during boot). > > Any problems doing that, other than getting module parameters > > to it? I can fix that part. > > I was thinking about this as well. It should be relatively easy to allow > a line line "console=eth0,XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX,a.b.c.d" or similar. The only > slight problem might be in configuring the interface early enough in the > boot process. AFAIK (which isn't much in this area) the serial console > has special "console" code which allows it to be used very early in the > boot process. > > You would obviously need to have the network driver compiled into the kernel > and not a module. Maybe Ingo can hack something where it is possible > to initialize the network code very early in the boot process? Well, I have netconsole-in-kernel (+ AD patches + RD patches) built and parsing parameters, but not getting active nearly soon enough. I'll continue to work on that...hints appreciated/accepted. ~Randy