Re: [PATCH net-next] netconsole: Enable live renaming for network interfaces used by netconsole

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue Nov 01 2022 - 16:05:07 EST


> where
> + if present, enable extended console support
> src-port source for UDP packets (defaults to 6665)
> src-ip source IP to use (interface address)
> dev network interface (eth0)
> + * if present, allow runtime network interface renaming
> tgt-port port for logging agent (6666)
> tgt-ip IP address for logging agent
> tgt-macaddr ethernet MAC address for logging agent (broadcast)
>
> Examples::
>
> - linux netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/eth1,9353@10.0.0.2/12:34:56:78:9a:bc
> + linux netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/eth1*,9353@10.0.0.2/12:34:56:78:9a:bc

To me, this looks like a wildcard of the interface name.

Maybe move the position of the *. Put it after the + ?

Andrew