Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:30:53 +0200 | From | Ookhoi <> | Subject | Re: [patch] netconsole - log kernel messages over the network. 2.4.10. |
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Hi Andrew,
> > Ingo was not aware of the sourceforge project, and suggested me to > > resend my reply to lkml. Does the patch work for you guys? Do I do > > something wrong? That would be more than possible. :-) > > > > ... > > cuddle:~# uname -a > > Linux cuddle 2.4.9-ac15 #1 Thu Sep 27 13:54:51 CEST 2001 i686 unknown > > cuddle:~# insmod netconsole dev=eth0 target_ip=0x0a604875 source_port=6666 target_port=5555 > > Using /lib/modules/2.4.9-ac15/kernel/drivers/net/netconsole.o > > /lib/modules/2.4.9-ac15/kernel/drivers/net/netconsole.o: init_module: Operation not permitted > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > If you're not using the eepro100 driver, then an insmod of the > netconsole driver will fail: > > > + if (!ndev->poll_controller) { > + printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: %s's network driver does not implement netlogging yet, aborting.\n", dev); > + return -1; > + } > > Maybe that message is in your logs somewhere?
Have to check that, can't reach the machine atm. But I don't use the eepro100 driver for sure in that machine, so the insmod failure makes sense. :-)
> Take a look at the poll_controller() implementation in the eepro100 > part of Ingo's patch - it's dead simple.
I believe you ;-) but I'm affraid I'm just a user, no programmer at all :-(
> What we need is for a bunch of people to implement poll_controller() > for *their* ethernet driver and contribute the tested diffs back to > Ingo.
Would love to contribute.. Anyway, thank you for your answer!
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