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authorwdenk <wdenk>2005-04-03 14:52:59 +0000
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* Patch by Richard Klingler, 03 Apr 2005:
Add call to eth_halt() in net/net.c when called functions fail after eth_init() has been called. * Patch by Sam Song, 3 April 2005: - Update README.Netconsole - Update README
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@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ omitted, the value of 6666 is used. If the env var doesn't exist, the
broadcast address and port 6666 are used. If it is set to an IP
address of 0 (or 0.0.0.0) then no messages are sent to the network.
+For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use:
+
+ => setenv nc 'setenv stdout nc;setenv stdin nc'
+ => setenv ncip 192.168.1.1
+ => saveenv
+ => run nc
+
+
On the host side, please use this script to access the console:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#! /bin/bash
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
TARGET_IP=$1
stty -icanon -echo intr ^T
@@ -25,6 +34,10 @@ nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
stty icanon echo intr ^C
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as the
+target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
+can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the
@@ -33,13 +46,25 @@ standard output. use it as follows:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#! /bin/bash
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
+TARGET_IP=$1
+
stty icanon echo intr ^T
./ncb &
-nc -u mpc5200 6666
+nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
stty icanon echo intr ^C
kill 0
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+Again, this script takes exactly one argument, which is interpreted
+as the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The
+script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
+The 'ncb' tool can be found in the tools directory; it will not be
+built by default so you will ither have to adjust the Makefile or
+build it manually.
+
+
For Linux, the network-based console needs special configuration.
Minimally, the host IP address needs to be specified. This can be
done either via the kernel command line, or by passing parameters
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