On Wednesday 21 January 2009 15:13:51 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
Dear Mike Frysinger,
In message 200901161407.57150.vapier@gentoo.org you wrote:
have this "feature" and it supports broadcast udp, default to using that rather than netcat.
When would "ncb" not be available?
What else are the implications when using ncb versus netcat?
Why does your script tools/netconsole so far use netcat only, when we have the (as I read it) much better ncb anyway?
people have to manually build ncb, plus ncb is a listen-only daemon. you still need nc to do the transmission.
You did not answer my other questions:
then i really have no idea what you're asking/talking about
- When would "ncb" not be available?
ncb is specific to u-boot: tools/ncb.c. most people will not bother to compile it as they'll just run the netconsole script. it certainly isnt compiled by default or integrated into the build system.
- What else are the implications when using ncb versus netcat?
ncb is looser with receiving udp packets so it works with broadcast packets. -mike