[U-Boot-Users] what exactly is netconsole

[Andrew Wozniak]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Andrew,
> 
> in message <411BBB19.4060800 at mc.com> you wrote:
> 
>>A recent post mentions that U-Boot now has netconsole features, at least 
>>on the ocotea PPC440 board. What type of functionality does this 
>>provide? I did find, on the web, that netconsole is UDP based at is 
>>typically used as a networked console for kernel debugging.
> 
> In general it is a good idea to  read  the  available  documentation.
> Ideally, you do this BEFORE posting to the mailing list.
> 
> May I bother you to have a look at the doc/README.NetConsole file?

Our work is currently based on the 1.1.1 release. Any plans for an
upcoming release that would include this document, along with netconsole?

In the mean time, I'll try to grab the README from the CVS tree.

>>Does this imply a "one-way" output connection only or does it allow a 
>>remote connection into the target - similar to telnet.
> 
> U-Boot has bidirectional communication over the network, i.  e.  both
> stdin   and   stdout  can  be  redirected  (indepoendently!)  to  the
> netconsole device.
> 
>>Our project requires remote network access to U-Boot because the 
>>deployed the system will not include a serial port.
> 
> It's ready to use...
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Thanks again for everyone's response. I have seen the light!

-andy