netdev - [PATCH] networking: document "nc" in addition to "netcat" in netconsole.txt

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:21:04 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: [PATCH] networking: document "nc" in addition to "netcat" in
 netconsole.txt

From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>

It always annoyed me that the netconsole documentation didn't give me the
correct command for my distro.  Update it with a command line that actually
works on my Fedora install.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20090123.orig/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
+++ linux-next-20090123/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Built-in netconsole starts immediately a
 initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied
 address.
 
-The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>' or syslogd.
+The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>',
+'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd.
 
 Dynamic reconfiguration:
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