On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 11:00:20AM +0000, Andre Carvalho wrote: > This patchset introduces target resume capability to netconsole allowing > it to recover targets when underlying low-level interface comes back > online. > > The patchset starts by refactoring netconsole state representation in > order to allow representing deactivated targets (targets that are > disabled due to interfaces unregister). > > It then modifies netconsole to handle NETDEV_REGISTER events for such > targets, setups netpoll and forces the device UP. Targets are matched with > incoming interfaces depending on how they were bound in netconsole > (by mac or interface name). For these reasons, we also attempt resuming > on NETDEV_CHANGENAME. > > The patchset includes a selftest that validates netconsole target state > transitions and that target is functional after resumed. > > Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]> Thanks for your work here, and sorry for so many revisions! --breno
