Re: /var/log/dmesg

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> When I boot 2.6.24-1-686 the first few lines in /var/log/dmesg contain:
>
> [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
> [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.24-1-686 (Debian 2.6.24-5) 
> (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 
> 4.1.2-15)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 31 09:43:32 CST
>  2008
> [    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>
> Note that the second line is the system id that is booted.
>
>
> When I boot 2.6.25.3 /var/log/dmesg the first few lines are:
>
>  ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
> [    0.173128] system 00:03: ioport range 0x290-0x297 has been reserved
> [    0.204345] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
>
> No system info.
>
> Anybody knows why the diff?

Because I had CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14 and Debian always has 
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16 in the kernel .config

Now I get the version on the 2nd line.

I'm surprised at you people. How you're going to do well on the final 
exam if you don't have this at your fingertips?

Hugo