[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] README.NetConsole

[Igor Marnat]

Hello folks,

>> Anyway, if the netcat from FedoraCore wins out and -l does not combine
>> with -p anymore, can someone please fix Wikipedia[1]?

SM> That and a hundred other web pages! ;-)

Thank you to all guys for the help.

I'd suggest the following patch to begin with. May be native english
guys correct me.

diff -urN -X dontdiff u-boot-1.1.6/doc/README.NetConsole u-boot-1.1.6-tz/doc/README.NetConsole
--- u-boot-1.1.6/doc/README.NetConsole  2006-11-02 17:15:01.000000000 +0300
+++ u-boot-1.1.6-tz/doc/README.NetConsole       2007-03-16 08:04:31.000000000 +0300
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 stty icanon echo intr ^C
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

+Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least) usage of
+nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered as mutually exclusive.
+If nc complains about options provided, try to rebuild it from scratch.
+Known working version lives in nc110.tgz
+
 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).



 

Best regards,
Igor Marnat
mailto:marny at rambler.ru