[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] README.NetConsole
Igor Marnat
marny at rambler.ru
Wed Mar 21 07:55:01 CET 2007
Hello Ben,
BW> I don't think it's necessary to repeat the script in its entirety, since
BW> the difference is only two characters. The descriptive paragraph should
BW> be enough.
Yes, I think you are right.
BW> Also, please submit with a 'Signed-off-by' line so it gets properly
BW> tracked.
I'm not an advanced user of git unfortunately. Anyway, I did my best, hope it's ok
now.
Signed-off-by: Igor Marnat <marny at rambler.ru>
---
doc/README.NetConsole | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole
index cc35a0a..950b0c4 100644
--- a/doc/README.NetConsole
+++ b/doc/README.NetConsole
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ 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).
+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,
+you can just remove the -p option from the script.
+
It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the
--
1.4.4.2
Best regards,
Igor Marnat
mailto:marny at rambler.ru
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