From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 12 16: 8:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9558F37B401 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail44.fg.online.no (mail44-s.fg.online.no [148.122.161.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13FCF43EA9 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:08:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frode@nordahl.net) Received: from samwise (ti200720a080-0707.bb.online.no [80.212.246.195]) by mail44.fg.online.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA11639 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:08:43 +0200 (MEST) Subject: dmesg showing garbage From: Frode Nordahl To: current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 13 Oct 2002 01:08:42 +0200 Message-Id: <1034464124.624.2.camel@samwise.xu.nordahl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I have noticed for some time now that the top of dmesg after a reboot often contains garbage. The more strange thing is that it some times also contains console output from the previous shutdown sequence. Example of somewhat garbled data: %dmesg |head module "/bo\^?t/kErnel/snd_via82c686.ko\^B ap 0xc06560a8. Xre|oaded elf module "/boot/kerned/snd_pcm.ko" at \M-0xc065615c. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/uplcom.ko" at 0xc0656208. Preloaded elf m/dule "/boot/kernel/\M-ucom\M-.ko" at 0xc06562b4. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kerngl/firewire.ko" at 0xc065636 . Preloaded elf module!"/boot/iernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0656410. Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC" frequencY 11936924410Hz CPU: Pentium III'Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (1193.69-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id 5 0x6b1 Stepping = 1 % Whenever I reboot to singleusermode to run installworld + mergemaster, after a reboot I get some of the console output from before the reboot in the dmesg log. Example: %dmesg |head *** Temp ./etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist and installed have the same CVS Id, deleting Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...stopped Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...stopped Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...stopped syncing disks... 13 13 13 done Uptime: 43s Terminate ACPI Rebooting... % Is this a feature, or a bug? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message