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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt index 8d022073e3e..a5d574a9ae0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ started by Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, 2001.09.17 2.6 port and netpoll api by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>, Sep 9 2003 +IPv6 support by Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>, Jan 1 2013 Please send bug reports to Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> -and Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com> +Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>, and Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Introduction: ============= @@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ Examples: insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@10.0.0.2/ + or using IPv6 + + insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@fd00:1:2:3::1/ + It also supports logging to multiple remote agents by specifying parameters for the multiple agents separated by semicolons and the complete string enclosed in "quotes", thusly: @@ -51,8 +56,23 @@ Built-in netconsole starts immediately after the TCP stack is initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied address. -The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>', -'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd. +The remote host has several options to receive the kernel messages, +for example: + +1) syslogd + +2) netcat + + On distributions using a BSD-based netcat version (e.g. Fedora, + openSUSE and Ubuntu) the listening port must be specified without + the -p switch: + + 'nc -u -l -p <port>' / 'nc -u -l <port>' or + 'netcat -u -l -p <port>' / 'netcat -u -l <port>' + +3) socat + + 'socat udp-recv:<port> -' Dynamic reconfiguration: ======================== |