Re: [PATCH net-next v3 7/7] docs: netconsole: document local_ip auto-selection

Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 08:28:58PM +0100, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> An unset local_ip is auto-populated from the egress interface at enable
> time, but any value the user writes, including 0.0.0.0, is used as-is.
> This deviates from the behavior prior to "netconsole: use the address
> family instead of the ipv6 flag", which interpreted 0.0.0.0 as unset.
> 
> Document this so the distinction between "unset" and "set to 0.0.0.0" is
> clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
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