linux-kernel - Re: Support for netconsole as default tty/console?

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Message-ID: <20140331111833.76af70e0@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:18:33 +0100
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Struan Bartlett <struan.bartlett@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Support for netconsole as default tty/console?

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:54:24 +0100
Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> Struan Bartlett <struan.bartlett@...il.com> writes:
> 
> > Adding console=netconsole to the command line does not appear to have
> > the desired effect. I am not sure if this is because netconsole,
> > unlike the serial console, does not provide a tty. Can anyone advise
> > if this understanding is correct? If so, is there an independent
> > solution to this problem?
> 
> It should not be hard to add a tty driver to netconsole, there are many
> examples to borrow from.

Samo Pogacnik added a generic solution a few years ago. The ttyprintk
driver provides you with a tty/console whose 'hardware' is printk and
thus whatever system log device you are using.

Alan
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