Re: dmesg seems broken

On 2014-09-29 14:22, Chris H wrote:
>> On 09/29/2014 10:31, Chris H wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where can I get that information? Where was it sent? Why am I
>>>>> not allowed to view it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sounds to me like the kernel ring buffer is now too small for all the early
>>>> boot messages?
>>> OK more investigation indicates that bumping
>>> kern.msgbufsize
>>> will return the missing bits. Maybe this is what you were trying to tell me. ;)
>>>
>>> Anyway. Anyone know why was this tunable reduced? I don't experience this on
>>> RELENG_8, or 11-CURRENT.
>>>
>>> FWIW I have loader.conf(5) set to boot verbose. But still didn't get the info
>>> expected. :(
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply, Brandon.
>>>
>>> --Chris
>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> Try adding the sysctl to your loader.conf so it is set earlier
> Thank you for the reply, Allan.
> I bumped kern.msgbufsize quite a bit within loader.conf. That's how I
> discovered that that tunable worked. But then needed to eek it down,
> until I found the actual top of the output -- had to bounce the box
> quite a few times. :P
> 
>>
>> I don't think the size was reduced, you may just have a lot of messages.
> ODD. Because running RELENG_8, or 11-CURRENT on the same hardware, and yes,
> with BOOT_VERBOSE && VERBOSE_LOADING. I received the entire buffer.
> 
> Thanks again, Allan.
> 
> --Chris
> 
>>
>> --
>> Allan Jude

Do you actually see a difference in the size of kern.msgbufsize between
RELENG_8 and the RELENG_9 box that is exhibiting issues?

-- 
Allan Jude