Re: how to capture kernel panics

[shabanip]

thanks for the help.
does anything else left to configure?

Payam Shabanian
shabanip -at- avapajoohesh.com


> ==> Regarding Re: how to capture kernel panics; "shabanip"
> <shabanip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> adds:
>
> shabanip> as i see netconsole is a kernel module.  so i just need to load
> shabanip> netconsole module with server:port parameters.  am i right?
>
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(netconsole, "
> netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[dev],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]\n");
>
> So, for example:
>
> modprobe netconsole
> netconsole=6666@xxxxxxxxxxx/eth0,6666@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/00:40:95:9A:12:34
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> shabanip> Payam Shabanian shabanip -at- avapajoohesh.com
>
>>> ==> Regarding Re: how to capture kernel panics; Christian Borntraeger
>>> <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> adds:
>>>
> linux-kernel> shabanip wrote:
>>>>> is there any way to capture and log kernel panics on disk or ...?
>>>
> linux-kernel> In former times, the Linux kernel tried to sync in the panic
> linux-kernel> function. (If the panic did not happen in interrupt context)
> linux-kernel> Unfortunately this had severe side effects in cases where
>>> the
> linux-kernel> panic was triggered by file system block device code or any
> linux-kernel> other part which is necessary for syncing. In most cases the
> linux-kernel> call trace never made it onto disk anyway. So currently the
> linux-kernel> kernel does not support saving a panic.
>>>
> linux-kernel> Apart from using a serial console, you might have a look at
> linux-kernel> several kexec/kdump/lkcd tools where people are working on
> linux-kernel> being able to dump the memory of a paniced kernel.
>>> Or netconsole, which will dump printk's do the server:port of your
>>> choosing.
>>>
>>> -Jeff
>>>
>
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