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"Crist J. Clark" wrote:
...
> The dmesg(8) is stored in a finite buffer. Once full, as more stuff
> gets shoved in, other stuff falls out (really it gets overwritten,
> it's a circular buffer, but same thing). The stuff that falls out,
> does not do so all that gracefully. That is, it does not get dropped
> whole lines at a time. For example,
...

That's a great answer - thanks for taking the time to elaborate on that
point.

Dave


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