Hello,

I want to write to the system log on AIX from within my kernel
extension on the eve of a panic. I believe there is something called
bsdlog() for that purpose. Can someone point to/provide info on how to
configure and use the bsdlog facility on AIX 5.3?

thanks
-kamal

Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to write to the system log on AIX from within my kernel
> extension on the eve of a panic. I believe there is something called
> bsdlog() for that purpose. Can someone point to/provide info on how
to
> configure and use the bsdlog facility on AIX 5.3?

try the built in logger command

Greg Beeker wrote:
> Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to write to the system log on AIX from within my kernel
> > extension on the eve of a panic. I believe there is something
called
> > bsdlog() for that purpose. Can someone point to/provide info on how
> to
> > configure and use the bsdlog facility on AIX 5.3?
>
> try the built in logger command

The answer is that one has to put the line *.debug in .etc/syslog.conf
and have syslogd enabled. Then there is another funda about using
bsdlog() to write to syslog from within the kernel.

regards
-kamal

There is also a command out there to write to the error report and an odm
change that sends you an email when something
hits the errpt, which is pretty cool. I can dig it up for you if you are
interested.

c ya

"Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalp@acm.org> wrote in message
news:1116957626.544961.199870@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Greg Beeker wrote:
>> Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I want to write to the system log on AIX from within my kernel
>> > extension on the eve of a panic. I believe there is something
> called
>> > bsdlog() for that purpose. Can someone point to/provide info on how
>> to
>> > configure and use the bsdlog facility on AIX 5.3?
>>
>> try the built in logger command
>
> The answer is that one has to put the line *.debug in .etc/syslog.conf
> and have syslogd enabled. Then there is another funda about using
> bsdlog() to write to syslog from within the kernel.
>
> regards
> -kamal
>

John Rigler wrote:
> There is also a command out there to write to the error report and an odm
> change that sends you an email when something
> hits the errpt, which is pretty cool. I can dig it up for you if you are
> interested.
>
That can be done by reading /tmp/syslog.out too.
I was/am concerned mostly with th writing debug info onto a logfile
just before the system crashes or becomes unstable.

regards
-kamal


> c ya
>
> "Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalp@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:1116957626.544961.199870@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> > Greg Beeker wrote:
> >> Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I want to write to the system log on AIX from within my kernel
> >> > extension on the eve of a panic. I believe there is something
> > called
> >> > bsdlog() for that purpose. Can someone point to/provide info on how
> >> to
> >> > configure and use the bsdlog facility on AIX 5.3?
> >>
> >> try the built in logger command
> >
> > The answer is that one has to put the line *.debug in .etc/syslog.conf
> > and have syslogd enabled. Then there is another funda about using
> > bsdlog() to write to syslog from within the kernel.
> >
> > regards
> > -kamal
> >