doc: move README.NetConsole to HTML documentation
Convert README.NetConsole to reStructured text and move it to
doc/usage/netconsole.rst.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index af7d506..063e970 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
.. toctree::
+ netconsole
+
Shell commands
--------------
diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/usage/netconsole.rst
similarity index 78%
rename from doc/README.NetConsole
rename to doc/usage/netconsole.rst
index af7fc60..0156f02 100644
--- a/doc/README.NetConsole
+++ b/doc/usage/netconsole.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Network console
+===============
In U-Boot, we implemented the networked console via the standard
"devices" mechanism, which means that you can switch between the
@@ -6,7 +8,8 @@
set either of these variables to "nc". Input and output can be
switched independently.
-CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_BUFFER_SIZE - Override the default buffer size
+The default buffer size can be overridden by setting
+CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_BUFFER_SIZE.
We use an environment variable 'ncip' to set the IP address and the
port of the destination. The format is <ip_addr>:<port>. If <port> is
@@ -17,15 +20,16 @@
the 'ncinport' environment variable and the destination port can be
configured by setting the 'ncoutport' environment variable.
-For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use:
+For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use::
=> setenv nc 'setenv stdout nc;setenv stdin nc'
=> setenv ncip 192.168.1.1
=> saveenv
=> run nc
+On the host side, please use this script to access the console
-On the host side, please use this script to access the console:
+.. code-block:: bash
tools/netconsole <ip> [port]
@@ -54,31 +58,37 @@
parameters to the loadable module.
The format of the kernel command line parameter (for the static
-configuration) is as follows:
+configuration) is as follows
- netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[<dev>],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[<dev>],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]
where
- src-port source for UDP packets
- (defaults to 6665)
- src-ip source IP to use
- (defaults to the interface's address)
- dev network interface
- (defaults to eth0)
- tgt-port port for logging agent
- (defaults to 6666)
- tgt-ip IP address for logging agent
- (this is the required parameter)
- tgt-macaddr ethernet MAC address for logging agent
- (defaults to broadcast)
+src-port
+ source for UDP packets (defaults to 6665)
-Examples:
+src-ip
+ source IP to use (defaults to the interface's address)
+
+dev
+ network interface (defaults to eth0)
+
+tgt-port
+ port for logging agent (defaults to 6666)
+
+tgt-ip
+ IP address for logging agent (this is the required parameter)
+
+tgt-macaddr
+ ethernet MAC address for logging agent (defaults to broadcast)
+
+Examples
+
+.. code-block:: bash
netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/eth1,9353@10.0.0.2/12:34:56:78:9a:bc
-
-or
-
netconsole=@/,@192.168.3.1/
Please note that for the Linux networked console to work, the
@@ -91,6 +101,8 @@
To browse the Linux network console output, use the 'netcat' tool invoked
as follows:
+.. code-block:: bash
+
nc -u -l -p 6666
Note that unlike the U-Boot implementation the Linux netconsole is