Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:24:54 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il> Subject: Re: "/var/log/messages" logs appear in the output of "sysctl -a" Message-ID: <200901071324.54338.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD0164F6D6@mtlexch01.mtl.com> References: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD0164F6D6@mtlexch01.mtl.com>
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On Wednesday 07 January 2009 12:30:20 Eitan Shefi wrote: > I am testing a NIC driver. > I found it's logs and "/var/log/messages" logs in the output of "sysctl > -a": > I run "sysctl -a | less", and there I find: > > kern.devstat.version: 6 > kern.devstat.generation: 137 > kern.devstat.numdevs: 1 > kern.kobj_methodcount: 143 > kern.log_wakeups_per_second: 5 > kern.msgbuf_clear: 0 > kern.msgbuf: ound file system checks in 60 seconds. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <...> > Any idea how can such logs apear in "sysctl -a" ? The kernel message buffer is exported via a sysctl (kern.msgbuf) and as you asked to see all sysctl - this one is included, too. This is not a message for freebsd-hackers@ btw! -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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