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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2008-12-09 23:20:31 -0500
committerWolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>2008-12-10 09:23:11 +0100
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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>
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diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole
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@@ -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