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authorSatyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>2007-08-11 02:33:40 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-10-11 03:48:06 +0400
commitb5427c27173e128dda1541bd9d3b05df79af5882 (patch)
tree96d71faf39ff39002335cd4d8c9ef8ae1ad49a62 /Documentation/networking
parent17951f34b0970b05e29fd93a5b93fa05ec71308b (diff)
downloadlinux-b5427c27173e128dda1541bd9d3b05df79af5882.tar.xz
[NET] netconsole: Support multiple logging targets
Based upon initial work by Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com>. This patch introduces support for multiple targets, independent of CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC -- this is useful even in the default case and (including the infrastructure introduced in previous patches) doesn't really add too many bytes to module text. All the complexity (and size) comes with the dynamic reconfigurability / userspace interface patch, and so it's plausible users may want to keep this enabled but that disabled (say to avoid a dependency on CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS too). Also update documentation to mention the use of ";" separator to specify multiple logging targets in the boot/module option string. Brief overview: We maintain a target_list (and corresponding lock). Get rid of the static "default_target" and introduce allocation and release functions for our netconsole_target objects (but keeping sure to preserve previous behaviour such as default values). During init_netconsole(), ";" is used as the separator to identify multiple target specifications in the boot/module option string. The target specifications are parsed and netpolls setup. During exit, the target_list is torn down and all items released. Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
index 5962f45815a2..1aaa7383e41d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ Examples:
insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@10.0.0.2/
+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:
+
+ modprobe netconsole netconsole="@/,@10.0.0.2/;@/eth1,6892@10.0.0.3/"
+
Built-in netconsole starts immediately after the TCP stack is
initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied
address.