Re: How to wait for kernel messages?

["Sebastian Piecha" <spi@gmxpro.de>]

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> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Sebastian Piecha wrote:
> 
> > I have some problems with one NIC. Due to lack of time as an
> > workaround I'd like to wait for the kernel message "NETDEV WATCHDOG:
> > eth0: transmit timed out" and ifconfig down/up the NIC.
> >
> > How can I trigger any action by such a kernel message? Do I have to
> > grep the kernel log?
> >

Thanks a lot for all the hints. I'm using now a fifo to which syslogd 
is logging kernel messages. A shell script greps the right message.

I attach the shell script inline for whom it may be interesting.


Mit freundlichen Gruessen/Best regards,
Sebastian Piecha

EMail: spi@gmxpro.de


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#!/bin/bash

# Signalling
trap 'exit 0' SIGTERM
trap '' SIGHUP

# grep
arg1="NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out"
#arg2="dhcpd: receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down"

# Syslog
tag=$0
prio="kern.err"

fifo=/var/log/check_nic

IFCONFIG=$(which ifconfig)
SLEEP=$(which sleep)
EGREP=$(which egrep)
DATE=$(which date)
HOSTNAME=$(which hostname)
LOGGER=$(which logger)

while true
do
        read line < $fifo
        echo $line | \
          $EGREP -e "$arg1" \
          > /dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
                $IFCONFIG eth0 down
                $SLEEP 1
                $IFCONFIG eth0 up
                $LOGGER -t $tag -p $prio "eth0 down, restarting..." 
                $SLEEP 5
        fi
done