[U-Boot] Network based logging with U-Boot

[Matthew Lear]

Hello all,

Is U-Boot able to log its actives etc to a machine accessible via the
network?

Desirable -> U-Boot being able to log all its boot up info and details
regarding booting it's OS image etc (ie everything sent to stdout) to a
file on a remote machine.

Scenario - multiple deployments all housed in sealed units on a LAN.
Network based monitoring is the only option.

It would be extremely useful if each platform could provide its status
over the network so that any problems regarding boot up could be easily
seen.

I'm sure I read somewhere that UDP logging is available in U-Boot but
information on this doesn't seem to be hugely available.

I've got netconsole running via netcat on a host pc but this is console
only and is not ideal for a multi-platform deployment model. Although,
saying that, I suppose that doing 'set ncip <server ip>' and 'set stdout
nc' and running netcat on a host pc would provide some level of diagnostics.

Is anybody able to offer any advice or strategy here for similar
requirements?

Much appreciated.

--  Matt