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| author | Mike Frysinger | 2008-12-09 23:20:31 -0500 |
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| committer | Wolfgang Denk | 2008-12-10 09:23:11 +0100 |
| commit | bcb6dd9187d4b23c748704767bd12d20c829e996 (patch) | |
| tree | 215ad34857687cf562b5806a16544503a240f1d4 /doc | |
| parent | 8c5170a7d088601d5f30d85093388dab1f1e8ec0 (diff) | |
tools/netconsole: new script for working with netconsole over UDP
While the doc/README.NetConsole does have a snippet for people to
create their own netcat script, it's a lot easier to make a simple
dedicated script and tell people to use it.
Also spruce it up a bit to make it user friendly.
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.NetConsole | 18 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole index fea8e336466..94c8816762f 100644 --- a/doc/README.NetConsole +++ b/doc/README.NetConsole @@ -22,21 +22,11 @@ For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use: 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 + tools/netconsole <ip> [port] -stty -icanon -echo intr ^T -nc -u -l -p 6666 < /dev/null & -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). +The script uses netcat to talk to the board over UDP. It requires you to +specify the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The +script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T). Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least) usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered |