From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Mackall Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 2] implement tty driver for netconsole Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:09:45 -0600 Message-ID: <1227827385.3196.49.camel@calx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Hollis Blanchard Return-path: Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:41757 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751694AbYK0XJ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:09:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.