From: Keiichi KII <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This patch contains the following changes.
To add port dynamically, create "add" element in /sys/class/misc/netconsole. ex) echo "@/eth0,@192.168.0.1/" > /sys/class/misc/netconsole/add then the port is added with the settings sending kernel messages to 192.168.0.1 using eth0 device. -+- /sys/class/misc/ |-+- netconsole/ |--- add [-w-------] If you write parameter(network interface name | or one config parameter of netconsole), The | port related its config is added |--- port1/ |--- port2/ ... Signed-off-by: Keiichi KII <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [changes] 1. remove unneccesary cast. 2. change config parameter for "add" element. --- linux-mm/drivers/net/netconsole.c 2006-12-22 20:54:54.531679750 +0900 +++ enhanced-netconsole/drivers/net/netconsole.c.add 2006-12-22 16:13:02.062716500 +0900 @@ -338,6 +338,30 @@ static struct miscdevice netconsole_misc .name = "netconsole", }; +static ssize_t store_miscdev_add(struct class_device *cdev, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + char *target_param; + + target_param = kmalloc(count+1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!target_param) { + printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: kmalloc() failed!\n"); + return -ENOMEM; + } + + strcpy(target_param, buf); + if (target_param[count - 1] == '\n') + target_param[count - 1] = '\0'; + + printk(KERN_INFO "netconsole: config = [%s]\n", target_param); + add_target(target_param); + kfree(target_param); + + return count; +} + +static CLASS_DEVICE_ATTR(add, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_miscdev_add); + static struct netpoll np = { .name = "netconsole", .dev_name = "eth0", @@ -467,6 +491,9 @@ static int __init init_netconsole(void) register_console(&netconsole); + class_device_create_file(netconsole_miscdev.class, + &class_device_attr_add); + if(!strlen(config)) { printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: not configured\n"); return 0; -- Keiichi KII NEC Corporation OSS Promotion Center E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html