Hello, folks! I'm prepared and thoroughly tested scripts for managing netconsole kernel facility in Debian 6/7. Netconsole facility is very useful for debugging kernel bugs.
These scripts are inspired by CentOS 6 netconsole scripts in some cases and work in same way. Scripts are written in clean bash. All scripts and configuration you can find here: https://github.com/FastVPSEestiOu/debian_netconsole Yes, it's possible to configure netconsole statically (i.e. as /etc/modprobe.d/netconsole.conf) but it's a bad way because it relies on network configuration (i.e. gateway address, server address) which may be changed and netconsole will not work. I tested both startup option: 1) As /etc/init.d/netconsole 2) As /etc/network/if-up.d/netconsole script IMHO, the first variant is more reliable and convenient for this task. But both variants have some troubles because some network cards (like e1000) call /etc/network/if-up.d and /etc/init.d scripts on network level BEFORE real network initialization. I fixed this issue only by adding fixed timeout in my /etc/init.d/netconsole script. In the same way this issue was fixed in RH. Maybe you can provide more convenient solution? Thank you for any feedback! -- Sincerely yours, Pavel Odintsov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/calgsdbdbhtprsbt2gxryhtsguwoavwjcfmpjw-jm8v7wig3...@mail.gmail.com
