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diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole index aa136276597..3a572931c51 100644 --- a/doc/README.NetConsole +++ b/doc/README.NetConsole @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666 stty icanon echo intr ^C +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -It turned out that 'netcat' couldn't be used to listen to broadcast +It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the standard output. use it as follows: @@ -87,3 +87,6 @@ To browse the Linux network console output, use the 'netcat' tool invoked as follows: nc -u -l -p 6666 + +Note that unlike the U-Boot implementation the Linux netconsole is +unidirectional, i. e. you have console output only in Linux. |