got a c++ netconsole reader working
diff --git a/aos/atom_code/starter/netconsole.cc b/aos/atom_code/starter/netconsole.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22c3a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aos/atom_code/starter/netconsole.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "aos/common/logging/logging_impl.h"
+#include "aos/common/Configuration.h"
+
+namespace aos {
+namespace {
+
+struct FDsToCopy {
+  const int input;
+  const int output;
+};
+
+void *FDCopyThread(void *to_copy_in) {
+  FDsToCopy *to_copy = static_cast<FDsToCopy *>(to_copy_in);
+
+  char buffer[32768];
+  ssize_t position = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    assert(position >= 0);
+    assert(position <= static_cast<ssize_t>(sizeof(buffer)));
+    if (position != sizeof(buffer)) {
+      ssize_t read_bytes = read(to_copy->input,
+                                buffer + position, position - sizeof(buffer));
+      if (read_bytes == -1) {
+        if (errno != EINTR) {
+          LOG(FATAL, "read(%d, %p, %zd) failed with %d: %s\n",
+              to_copy->input, buffer + position, position - sizeof(buffer),
+              errno, strerror(errno));
+        }
+      } else if (read_bytes == 0) {
+        // read(2) says that this means EOF
+        return NULL;
+      }
+      position += read_bytes;
+    }
+
+    assert(position >= 0);
+    assert(position <= static_cast<ssize_t>(sizeof(buffer)));
+    if (position > 0) {
+      ssize_t sent_bytes = write(to_copy->output, buffer, position);
+      if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+        if (errno != EINTR) {
+          LOG(FATAL, "write(%d, %p, %zd) failed with %d: %s\n",
+              to_copy->output, buffer, position, errno, strerror(errno));
+        }
+      } else if (sent_bytes != 0) {
+        memmove(buffer, buffer + sent_bytes, position - sent_bytes);
+        position -= sent_bytes;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+int NetconsoleMain(int argc, char **argv) {
+  logging::Init();
+
+  int output;
+  if (argc > 1) {
+    output = open(argv[1], O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+    if (output == -1) {
+      if (errno == EACCES || errno == ELOOP || errno == ENOSPC ||
+          errno == ENOTDIR || errno == EROFS || errno == ETXTBSY) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Opening output file '%s' failed because of %s.\n",
+                argv[1], strerror(errno));
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      LOG(FATAL, "open('%s', stuff, 0644) failed with %d: %s\n", argv[1],
+          errno, strerror(errno));
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "Writing output to '%s'.\n", argv[1]);
+  } else {
+    output = STDOUT_FILENO;
+    fprintf(stderr, "Writing output to stdout.\n");
+  }
+
+  const int input = STDIN_FILENO;
+
+  int on = 1;
+
+  int from_crio = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+  if (from_crio == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  if (setsockopt(from_crio, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on)) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "SOL_SOCKET::SO_REUSEADDR=%d(%d) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        on, from_crio, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  if (setsockopt(from_crio, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &on, sizeof(on)) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "SOL_SOCKET::SO_BROADCAST=%d(%d) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        on, from_crio, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  union {
+    struct sockaddr_in in;
+    struct sockaddr addr;
+  } address;
+  address.in.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  address.in.sin_port = htons(6666);
+  address.in.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+  if (bind(from_crio, &address.addr, sizeof(address)) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "bind(%d, %p, %zu) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        from_crio, &address.addr, sizeof(address), errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  int to_crio = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+  if (to_crio == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  if (setsockopt(to_crio, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on)) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "SOL_SOCKET::SO_REUSEADDR=%d(%d) failed with %d: %s\n",
+      on, to_crio, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  address.in.sin_port = htons(6668);
+  if (inet_aton(
+          configuration::GetIPAddress(configuration::NetworkDevice::kCRIO),
+          &address.in.sin_addr) == 0) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "inet_aton(%s, %p) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        configuration::GetIPAddress(configuration::NetworkDevice::kCRIO),
+        &address.in.sin_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  if (connect(to_crio, &address.addr, sizeof(address)) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "connect(%d, %p, %zu) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        to_crio, &address.addr, sizeof(address), errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "Using cRIO IP %s.\n",
+          configuration::GetIPAddress(configuration::NetworkDevice::kCRIO));
+
+  FDsToCopy output_fds{from_crio, output};
+  pthread_t output_thread;
+  if (pthread_create(&output_thread, NULL, FDCopyThread, &output_fds) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "pthread_create(%p, NULL, %p, %p) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        &output_thread, FDCopyThread, &output_fds, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  FDsToCopy input_fds{input, to_crio};
+  pthread_t input_thread;
+  if (pthread_create(&input_thread, NULL, FDCopyThread, &input_fds) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "pthread_create(%p, NULL, %p, %p) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        &input_thread, FDCopyThread, &input_fds, errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  // input_thread will finish when stdin gets an EOF
+  if (pthread_join(input_thread, NULL) == -1) {
+    LOG(FATAL, "pthread_join(input_thread, NULL) failed with %d: %s\n",
+        errno, strerror(errno));
+  }
+  exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace aos
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  return ::aos::NetconsoleMain(argc, argv);
+}
diff --git a/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.gyp b/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.gyp
index 91b5870..183ec9e 100644
--- a/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.gyp
+++ b/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.gyp
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 {
   'targets': [
     {
+      'target_name': 'netconsole',
+      'type': 'executable',
+      'sources': [
+        'netconsole.cc',
+      ],
+      'dependencies': [
+        '<(AOS)/build/aos.gyp:logging',
+        '<(AOS)/common/common.gyp:common',
+      ],
+    },
+    {
       'target_name': 'starter_exe',
       'type': 'executable',
       'sources': [
diff --git a/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.sh b/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.sh
index 63ccd42..33906c3 100755
--- a/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.sh
+++ b/aos/atom_code/starter/starter.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #DUMPCAP_STDOUT_FILE=$(date "/home/driver/tmp/robot_logs/stdout_dumpcap.%F_%H-%M-%S")
 #chrt -o 0 bash -c "dumpcap -i eth0 -w ${DUMPCAP_LOG_FILE} -f 'not port 8080 and not net 10.9.71.13' > ${DUMPCAP_STDOUT_FILE}" &
 
-#chrt -o 0 bash -c 'while true; do socat UDP4-RECV:6666,reuseaddr STDIO > /home/driver/tmp/robot_logs/netconsole-`date +%s`; done' &
+chrt -o 0 bash -c 'while true; /home/driver/robot_code/bin/netconsole /home/driver/tmp/robot_logs/netconsole-`date +%s`; done' &
diff --git a/aos/build/aos_all.gyp b/aos/build/aos_all.gyp
index 1d283a9..b4116f4 100644
--- a/aos/build/aos_all.gyp
+++ b/aos/build/aos_all.gyp
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         '../atom_code/core/core.gyp:*',
         #'../atom_code/async_action:*', # TODO(brians) fix this broken test
         '../atom_code/ipc_lib/ipc_lib.gyp:*',
-        '../atom_code/starter/starter.gyp:*',
+        '../atom_code/starter/starter.gyp:starter_exe',
+        '../atom_code/starter/starter.gyp:netconsole',
         '../crio/crio.gyp:unsafe_queue_test',
         '../common/common.gyp:queue_test',
         #'../common/messages/messages.gyp:*', # TODO(brians) did this test ever exist?