On 06/17/2014 03:00 PM, Pavel Odintsov wrote: > 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! >
You should add support for it in initrd. netconsole is more useful at that stage. In real boot, why would one want netconsole if syslog is running. -- Given the large number of mailing lists I follow, I request you to CC me in replies for quicker response
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