Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Jul 2023 08:58:00 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Append kernel version to message |
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 08:15:47 -0700 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello Stephen, > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 11:34:10AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 08:41:54 -0700 > > leitao@debian.org wrote: > > > > > +config NETCONSOLE_UNAME > > > + bool "Add the kernel version to netconsole lines" > > > + depends on NETCONSOLE > > > + default n > > > + help > > > + This option causes extended netcons messages to be prepended with > > > + kernel uname version. This can be useful for monitoring a large > > > + deployment of servers, so, you can easily map outputs to kernel > > > + versions. > > > > This should be runtime configured like other netconsole options. > > Not enabled at compile time. > > Do you mean I should add a new option to netconsole line? This is the > current line format today: > > [+][src-port]@[src-ip]/[<dev>],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr] > > If that is the case, I suppose I want to add something at the beginning > of format, that specify that uname should be sent. What about something > as? > > [u][+][src-port]@[src-ip]/[<dev>],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr] > > Thanks!
Keep it as simple as possible. What ever program is reading udp socket knows where it is coming from. The uname is really not needed.
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