Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:50:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Trond Davidsen <trond.davidsen@ii.uib.no> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/26746: dmesg only prints the last couple of lines of themessage buffer Message-ID: <200104301350.f3UDo6M67748@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/26746; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Trond Davidsen <trond.davidsen@ii.uib.no> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/26746: dmesg only prints the last couple of lines of themessage buffer Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:43:38 +0200 > > ISTR seeing this behaviour while using dmesg in single user mode. This > seemed to be caused by the message buffer filling up and either the > internal wrap-around not working or dmesg not understanding the wrap- > around. > > Bruce This box is used as a vpn server, with lots of ipfw logging, so the message buffer has definitly wraped around. I think both of the scenarios you mention is wrong, and either should be documented, or dmesg should be fixed to give the pre -a behaviour when called without parameters. Trond To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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