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Commit bcb6dd91 authored by Mike Frysinger's avatar Mike Frysinger Committed by Wolfgang Denk
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tools/netconsole: new script for working with netconsole over UDP


While the doc/README.NetConsole does have a snippet for people to
create their own netcat script, it's a lot easier to make a simple
dedicated script and tell people to use it.

Also spruce it up a bit to make it user friendly.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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...@@ -22,21 +22,11 @@ For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use: ...@@ -22,21 +22,11 @@ For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use:
On the host side, please use this script to access the console: On the host side, please use this script to access the console:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/netconsole <ip> [port]
#! /bin/bash
[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
TARGET_IP=$1
stty -icanon -echo intr ^T The script uses netcat to talk to the board over UDP. It requires you to
nc -u -l -p 6666 < /dev/null & specify the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The
nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666 script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
stty icanon echo intr ^C
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as the
target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least) Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least)
usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered
......
#!/bin/sh
usage() {
(
echo "Usage: $0 <board IP> [board port]"
echo ""
echo "If port is not specified, '6666' will be used"
[ -z "$*" ] && exit 0
echo ""
echo "ERROR: $*"
exit 1
) 1>&2
exit $?
}
while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
case $1 in
-h|--help) usage;;
--) break;;
-*) usage "Invalid option $1";;
*) break;;
esac
shift
done
ip=$1
port=${2:-6666}
if [ -z "${ip}" ] || [ -n "$3" ] ; then
usage "Invalid number of arguments"
fi
for nc in netcat nc ; do
type ${nc} >/dev/null && break
done
trap "stty icanon echo intr ^C" 0 2 3 5 10 13 15
echo "NOTE: the interrupt signal (normally ^C) has been remapped to ^T"
stty -icanon -echo intr ^T
${nc} -u -l -p ${port} < /dev/null &
exec ${nc} -u ${ip} ${port}
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