Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:44:38 -0800 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Subject | Re: What's the matter with build-in netconsole? |
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:35:37AM -0800, Park Lee wrote: > Hi, > I try to use netconsole to keep Linux kernel oops to > another machine. I've compiled netconsole into the > kernel (i.e. select CONFIG_NETCONSOLE=y, when run > 'make menuconfig'). > After that, I put > "netconsole=@/,514@192.168.0.1/00:02:3F:03:D2:59" > (which is described in > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt)
You have to configure a source IP address for built-in netconsole, as interfaces normally don't have addresses assigned to them until init.
> to the kernel command line as provided by grub and > rerun my machine with the new compiled kernel. > But then, when the system is booting, it shows the > following message: > > ... ... > Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. > audit(1103234064.4294965842:0): initialized > netconsole: eth0 doesn't exist, aborting. > ... ... > > Then, What's the matter with the build-in > netconsole? Have I misconfiged the netconsole? and How > to really run build-in netconsole?
Is your network driver built in? Is it eth0 (you let netconsole use the default)? Is it initialized before netconsole? Please send your _entire_ dmesg.
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