From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 2] implement tty driver for netconsole
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:09:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1227827385.3196.49.camel@calx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patchbomb.1227820260@localhost.localdomain>
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 15:11 -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> I have a Kuro Box (a small NAS device running Linux), and it has no serial
> console (nor any other console for that matter). The most convenient way to get
> boot output is via the netconsole driver, which is what most Kuro owners do. (The u-boot
> firmware even supports interactive netconsole allowing us to edit boot configuration.)
>
> However, once past kernel boot, userspace currently has no way of outputting data over
> netconsole. These patches enable that, which is really useful for seeing init
> script output and debugging ramdisks before they've brought up sshd.
Awesome! I've been meaning to wire this up for ages. I'll try to look at
it over the weekend.
--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-27 23:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-27 21:11 [PATCH 0 of 2] implement tty driver for netconsole Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-27 21:11 ` [PATCH 1 of 2] netconsole: don't require struct console to send data Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-30 17:21 ` Matt Mackall
2008-11-27 21:11 ` [PATCH 2 of 2] netconsole: add write-only tty driver Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-27 21:47 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2008-11-28 5:25 ` Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-30 17:28 ` Matt Mackall
2008-11-27 23:09 ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2008-11-30 5:39 ` [PATCH 0 of 2] implement tty driver for netconsole David Miller
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