Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:09:12 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: dmesg Message-ID: <20030119170912.GG4206@submonkey.net>
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Any objections to the following patch ?
It basically tells people to look in /var/run/dmesg.boot for their devices
instead of the output from dmesg, as that's not guaranteed to contain any
information on their devices at all.
Ceri
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For the Creator, the rune, and the courageous!
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? imagelib
Index: advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.196
diff -u -r1.196 chapter.sgml
--- advanced-networking/chapter.sgml 12 Jan 2003 19:23:55 -0000 1.196
+++ advanced-networking/chapter.sgml 19 Jan 2003 17:07:04 -0000
@@ -6197,7 +6197,7 @@
<para>Confirm that both computers have a kernel with &man.lpt.4; driver
support.</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dmesg | grep lp</userinput>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep lp /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput>
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface</screen>
Index: kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -r1.97 chapter.sgml
--- kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 18 Jan 2003 18:03:28 -0000 1.97
+++ kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 19 Jan 2003 17:07:09 -0000
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
sure whether you should use <literal>I586_CPU</literal> or
<literal>I686_CPU</literal>), however, for a custom kernel, it is
best to specify only the CPU you have. If you are unsure of your
- CPU type, you can use the &man.dmesg.8; command to view your boot
+ CPU type, you can check the <filename>/var/run/dmesg.boot</filename> file to view your boot
up messages.</para>
<note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, support for <literal>I386_CPU</literal>
Index: multimedia/chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.46 chapter.sgml
--- multimedia/chapter.sgml 4 Dec 2002 02:48:45 -0000 1.46
+++ multimedia/chapter.sgml 19 Jan 2003 17:07:12 -0000
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@
<title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title>
<indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm>
- <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>dmesg | grep
- pcm</command> as shown below:</para>
+ <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>grep
+ pcm /var/run/dmesg.boot</command> as shown below:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dmesg | grep pcm</userinput>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep pcm /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput>
pcm0: <SB16 DSP 4.11> on sbc0</screen>
<para>The output from your system may look different. If no
Index: printing/chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -r1.65 chapter.sgml
--- printing/chapter.sgml 12 Jan 2003 18:31:45 -0000 1.65
+++ printing/chapter.sgml 19 Jan 2003 17:07:27 -0000
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
<para>To find out if the kernel you are currently using supports
a serial interface, type:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dmesg | grep sio<replaceable>N</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep sio<replaceable>N</replaceable> /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput></screen>
<para>Where <replaceable>N</replaceable> is the number of the
serial port, starting from zero. If you see output similar to
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
<para>To find out if the kernel supports a parallel interface,
type:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dmesg | grep ppc<replaceable>N</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep ppc<replaceable>N</replaceable> /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput></screen>
<para>Where <replaceable>N</replaceable> is the number of the
parallel port, starting from zero. If you see output similar
help
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