On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 11:52 -0700, vvj wrote:
Thanks Ben, I tried this way - it does not work.
First - UBoot issue: when I enter "setenv stdout nc; setenv stdin nc'", the env var stays the same - I can see it from "printenv". I changed sources - set stdout and stdin to nc by default and erased env var. Loading default values did not help: still I see ... In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: Using MAC Address 12:34:56:78:9A:BD Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 ... I searched source code for 6666 or 1a0a (1A0A) - default port - nothing found, except ncb.c from tools folder (linux app)
You need to set CONFIG_NETCONSOLE in your board .h file and recompile U-boot. This will let you redirect the streams.
Second - my Fedora5 issue: It does not understand "nc -u -l -p 6666 < /dev/null &" - shows help topic on that
There was recently a patch to the README.NetConsole file about using nc under Fedora Core 5. I believe you should try it without "-p". I'm a Debian/Ubuntu user, so can't really speak from experience.
regards, Ben