Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Justin Cormack wrote: > > >What do people do when they get very large numbers of serial consoles? > > > >I was wondering if using etherboot-like network drivers (ie no dma) to run > >the console would be any less reliable than a serial console? As I am using > >gigabit ethernet there is often a spare motherboard ethernet (as you > >obvioously dont want to run the main ether like this), and it could be on > >a dedicated network for security (especially if you feed udp packets into > >the console). > > > > > patches already exist (outside the kernel tree) to do netconsole, for Linux > kernel 2.4.x.
Any pointers? I know Ingo was playing with this but it has been a long time since I have seen anything... Eric
