Re: Need some help to debug a freeze on 2.6.11

From: Denis Vlasenko
Date: Mon Apr 18 2005 - 07:29:02 EST


On Monday 18 April 2005 13:56, Ehud Shabtai wrote:
> On 4/18/05, Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Alexander Nyberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sounds like a job for Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
> > > >
> > > or Documentation/serial-console.txt
> > >
> > Console on line printer would also be an option.
>
> I don't have any printer port cables, so I guess I prefer to try netconsole.
>
> I'm using wireless lan (Intel's ipw2100), would netconsole work on
> wlan interface?

That depends on how far ipw2100 is into 'softmac' land.
That is, if it uses host CPU for some of it's functions,
it may be inoperative.

Wired net have more chances of working.

> As an alternative, can I configure netconsole for my ethernet port and
> only really connect it, after I get the freeze?

UDP packets will be long gone at the time you plug cable in.
--
vda

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