Boot loader logging

The boot loader logging address is a configuration parameter which is transmitted to the STB using KreaTV.boot-loader-log, a vendor specific option defined near the top of the sample config file. This tells the ARRIS boot loader where to send its logfile. The SDK contains a receiving program called bootloader_log_client which can accept this incoming log. Please note that a firewall on the server can interrupt this connection, so it's turned off here:

$ sudo service firewalld stop
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop  firewalld.service
$ bootloader_log_client

The terminal will now wait for input from the STB. As the STB reboots, you should see log messages arriving.

000001, 0.000, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]DBL init started
000002, 0.000, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]DBL version STABLE_BOOT_LOADER_6.6.3@564220 (dailybuild@scarrabus) (arm-kreatv-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Broadcom stbgcc-4.8-1.1) 4.8.5)# Tue Apr 26 14:34:56 CEST 2016
000003, 0.884, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Verifying system integrity...
000004, 1.667, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]System integrity is intact
000005, 2.321, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Running on ARRIS VIP4302 with ARRIS Boot Loader version 6.6.3
000006, 2.321, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Using Vendor Class Id ARRIS_VIP4302WBT_DEV
000007, 2.321, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Using Bootcast Id arris-vip4302wbt-dev
000008, 8.622, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Bluetooth device not found in HID proxy mode, retrying...
000009, 9.623, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Bluetooth device not found in HID proxy mode, retrying...
000010, 10.623, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Bluetooth device not found in HID proxy mode, retrying...
000011, 11.080, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Initializing video
000012, 11.087, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Entering video active mode
000013, 11.088, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]No valid splash image in local storage
000014, 11.089, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Bringing up interface eth0
000015, 11.090, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Reading link status...
000016, 11.090, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]-> Link is up
000017, 11.090, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Link speed: 100Mbps/Full
000018, 11.090, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Using DHCP
000019, 11.090, 192.168.4.79:56180: [4]Total DHCP timeout is 15 seconds

>> Now that logging has been established, we can go on to adding some common boot parameters to the DHCP config.