Re: [evlog-dev] netlink-based kernel support for evlog

Hi Jim,

I found the kernel error reporting was moved from 2.6 must-fix list to
should-fix list pri2 in version 6. Is there some story behind this?

Will evlog still be fully compliant with POSIX 1003.25 draft in the future?

Thanks,
-yi

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, James Keniston wrote:
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> As you may know, over the past year and a half, we've proposed a variety =
of
> mechanisms for enabling the Linux kernel to log events to evlog.=A0 Until
> recently, we've always proposed that kernel events would be written to a
> static buffer in the kernel, then drained from the buffer and logged by
> evlogd.
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> This spring, it was proposed that netlink serve as the kernel-to-user
> transport mechanism (complementary to printk, of course) for kernel error
> information.=A0 Dave Miller postulated a new netlink protocol,
> NETLINK_KERROR, and coded a prototype.=A0 Several people have expressed
> support for this idea.=A0 This week I posted a revised version of Dave's
> patch, plus another patch that implements a simple API that uses Dave's
> protocol to log evlog-compatible events.
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> If you would like to read more about this, please see the subject
> =A0=A0=A0 "[PATCH - RFC] [1/2] 2.6 must-fix list - kernel error reporting=
"
> on the Linux Kernel Mailing List.=A0 Feel free to comment.
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> Note that, in an attempt to keep the proposal simple, we've left out some
> of the features that we implemented previously -- for example, printk
> forwarding, attribute naming/automatic template generation, evl_writek,
> facility registration, etc.=A0 If you depend on any of these features, le=
t me
> know.
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> Thanks.
> Jim Keniston
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