Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:20:14 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff@t-online.de> Cc: "FreeBSD stable \(Liste\)" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [4.11] sysctl reports garbage Message-ID: <20050427212014.GA69666@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <1114628037.292.3.camel@zaphod.das.netz> References: <1114623987.302.82.camel@zaphod.das.netz> <1114626276.302.89.camel@zaphod.das.netz> <20050427183147.GC6256@stack.nl> <1114628037.292.3.camel@zaphod.das.netz>
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:53:57PM +0200, Marc Santhoff wrote: > I still don't understand completly. In the file made like this: > > sysctl -a > garbage.txt > > there are the messages of at least three reboot cycles. The kernel tries to preserve the message buffer if it has not been cleared by rebooting - this makes it easier to find messages that might otherwise have been lost during an unexpected reboot. David.
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