Re: [PATCH][RFC] Netconsole debugging tool for 2.6

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 11:38:21 EST


On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 03:13:00PM +0100, Jon Burgess wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> > I've decided to take a stab at resurrecting Ingo's netconsole patch.
>
> Is this different from the netdump patch which RedHat include in their
> kernel?
>
> The RH kernel patch is at
> http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh9/SOURCES/linux-2.4.18-netdump.patch

Ahh, so that's what's become of it.

Theirs:
- does crashdumps
- does syslog without levels
- has hooks for receive

Mine:
- works in 2.6
- has non-appalling configuration
- works as a built-in and is available earlier in boot
- does syslog with levels (haven't posted this though)


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