Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:25:03 +0100 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "/var/log/messages" logs appear in the output of "sysctl -a" Message-ID: <20090107122503.GA12470@skucha> In-Reply-To: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD0164F6D6@mtlexch01.mtl.com> References: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD0164F6D6@mtlexch01.mtl.com>
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 01:30:20PM +0200, Eitan Shefi wrote: > I am testing a NIC driver. > I found it's logs and "/var/log/messages" logs in the output of "sysctl > -a": > I run "sysctl -a | less", and there I find: > [..] > kern.msgbuf: ound file system checks in 60 seconds. > <118> > mtnic0: FW version:2.6.0 > mtnic0: Board ID: > mtnic0: Using 1 tx rings for port:1 [4096] > mtnic0: Using 4 rx rings for port:1 [1024] > mtnic0: Using 1 tx rings for port:2 [4096] > mtnic0: Using 4 rx rings for port:2 [1024] [..] > > Any idea how can such logs apear in "sysctl -a" ? > kern.msgbuf dumps so called 'message buf' containing messages printed by the kernel (for example by a NIC driver). It's accessible also via /dev/klog and syslogd uses it as a source for /var/log/messages. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik at gmail.com>
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