[U-Boot] [PATCH] tools/netconsole: make a bit more robust and use ncb when possible

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200901161407.57150.vapier@gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > > have this "feature" and it supports broadcast udp, default to using that
> > > rather than netcat.
> >
> > When would "ncb" not be available?
> >
> > What else are the implications when using ncb versus netcat?
> >
> > Why does your script tools/netconsole so far use netcat only, when we
> > have the (as I read it) much better ncb anyway?
> 
> people have to manually build ncb, plus ncb is a listen-only daemon.  you 
> still need nc to do the transmission.

You did not answer my other questions:

- When would "ncb" not be available?

- What else are the implications when using ncb versus netcat?


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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