[PATCH] netconsole.txt: non-BSD versions of nc(1) require '-p'switch
From: Dirk Gouders
Date: Sat Jul 28 2012 - 06:32:49 EST
Gentoo for example uses non-BSD versions of nc(1) which require
the '-p' switch to specify the listening port.
---
Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
index 8d02207..9a362f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied
address.
The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>',
-'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd.
+'nc -l -u <port>' (BSD version of nc(1) e.g. Fedora),
+'nc -l -u -p <port>' or syslogd.
Dynamic reconfiguration:
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1.7.8.6
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