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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:39:09 -0500
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@mass.dis.org>
Cc:        Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub@rambo.simx.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cpu info in userland
Message-ID:  <20020123113909.P2872@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200201230147.g0N1l0d04015@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@mass.dis.org on Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 05:47:00PM -0800
References:  <nospam-1011750084.73718@bambi.gbch.net> <200201230147.g0N1l0d04015@mass.dis.org>

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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 05:47:00PM -0800, Michael Smith wrote:
> The message buffer is not perturbed by the boot process unless the BIOS 
> overwrites it.  If the BIOS doesn't overwrite it, it's preserved from one 
> boot to the next.

I'm confused then.  Is this 'message buffer' not a construct of
the kernel?  Where does it exist?

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