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| author | aiju <devnull@localhost> | 2017-06-01 07:07:55 +0000 |
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| committer | aiju <devnull@localhost> | 2017-06-01 07:07:55 +0000 |
| commit | 04b8539ee29154c7455027c4cae457db79ad8fb7 (patch) | |
| tree | fb8a31eb5d70338cb7eb53ac189966d1edfb4b86 /sys/man/8 | |
| parent | 48fa332c61fe037b3f89575c2333df9216652316 (diff) | |
plan9.ini(8): document netconsole
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man/8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/8/plan9.ini | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini index a8cfc7ad5..deda8a7c0 100644 --- a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini +++ b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini @@ -623,6 +623,29 @@ console=0 b19200 po .LP would use COM1 at 19,200 baud with odd parity. +.LP +The value +.B net +specifies ``netconsole'' which sends console messages as UDP packets over the network. +It bypasses the IP stack and writes Ethernet packets directly to the NIC. +In this case +.I params +is mandatory and takes the form +.IP +\fIsrcip\fR [ \fB!\fIsrcport \fR] [ \fB/\fIdevno \fR] \fB, \fIdstip\fR [ \fB!\fIdstport \fR] [ \fB/\fIdstmac \fR] +.LP +\fISrcip\fR, \fIsrcport\fR (default 6665), \fIdstip\fR and \fIdstport\fR (default 6666) specify the source IP address, source port, destination IP address and destination port, respectively. +\fIDevno\fR (default 0) specifies which NIC to use, a value of \fIn\fR corresponds to NIC at \fL#l\fIn\fR (see +.IR ether (3)). +\fIDstmac\fR specifies the destination MAC address; broadcast packets are sent if it is unspecified. +Note that it is possible, but not recommended, to send packets to a host outside the local network by specifying the MAC address of the gateway as \fIdstmac\fR. +Example lines are +.IP +.EX +console=net 192.168.0.4,192.168.0.8 +console=net 192.168.2.10!1337/1,192.168.2.3!1337/0ea7deadbeef +.EE +.LP .SS "PC CARD" .SS \fLpccard0=disabled\fP Disable probing for and automatic configuration of PC card controllers. |