Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 02:28:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dmesg behaviour Message-ID: <200108080928.f789SOZ01539@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:47:08 %2B0900." <200108080247.LAA05281@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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This is system-specific. Typically, systems only clear memory on
cold-boot, but the behaviour is not standardised.
> As far as I understand, this feature works only if the machine does not
> clear its memory upon reboot. AT compatibles clear memory during the
> BIOS POST, thus, we don't see console log from the previous boot
> on the i386 platform.
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