netconsole: support packets longer than 512 bytes
Esp. while printing the environment the output is usually longer than 512
bytes. Instead of cutting the message, send multiple 512 bytes packets.
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index e40efb8..56ba64f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -189,10 +189,13 @@
return;
output_recursion = 1;
- if ((len = strlen (s)) > 512)
- len = 512;
-
- nc_send_packet (s, len);
+ len = strlen(s);
+ while (len) {
+ int send_len = min(len, 512);
+ nc_send_packet(s, send_len);
+ len -= send_len;
+ s += send_len;
+ }
output_recursion = 0;
}