Network Console for 2.4.x

Hi Folks!

I recently stumbled over the network console (written by Ingo Molnar, in 2001) and searched a little for up-to-date implementations/adaptations to recent 2.4.x kernels ...

I found that Matt Mackall seems to maintain the netpoll API/core system for 2.6.x and a recent 2.6 netconsole but unfortunately not for 2.4 ...

what I did was merging both, into an updated 2.4.x netconsole patch, which might come handy when you can't attach a serial console and disk logging isn't very useful (e.g. kernel debugging) ...

this netconsole patch now (hopefully) supports the same config interface which Matt's netpoll stuff uses, so the transition from one to the other should be smooth.

driver support is currently done for the folowing drivers:

drivers/net/3c503.c                 drivers/net/ne.c
drivers/net/3c59x.c                 drivers/net/ne2.c
drivers/net/8139too.c               drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
drivers/net/ac3200.c                drivers/net/ne3210.c
drivers/net/apne.c                  drivers/net/oaknet.c
drivers/net/e100/e100_main.c        drivers/net/smc-mca.c
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c      drivers/net/smc-ultra.c
drivers/net/e2100.c                 drivers/net/smc-ultra32.c
drivers/net/eepro100.c              drivers/net/stnic.c
drivers/net/es3210.c                drivers/net/tg3.c
drivers/net/hp-plus.c               drivers/net/tlan.c
drivers/net/hp.c                    drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
drivers/net/hydra.c                 drivers/net/via-rhine.c
drivers/net/lne390.c                drivers/net/wd.c
drivers/net/mac8390.c               drivers/net/zorro8390.c

adding new drivers should not be too hard, let me know if you added support for <insert network driver here> ...

maybe this is useful for somebody, for sure it was for me! available at:

http://www.13thfloor.at/patches/patch-2.4.24-nc0.01.diff
http://www.13thfloor.at/patches/patch-2.4.24-nc0.01.diff.gz
http://www.13thfloor.at/patches/patch-2.4.24-nc0.01.diff.bz2

enjoy,
Herbert