> On Thu, 5 Sep 1996 01:04:53 -0400 (EDT) 
>  Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com> wrote:
> 
>  > it just diffs the current output of 'dmesg' against the 'last' version.
>  > This will show any new devices that were added, or if any are missing. 
> 
> this is pretty cool, but it breaks on systems that preserves the kernel 
> message buffer across reboots (i.e. most ports :-)

It's worth noting that some x86 machines even do this...  For example,
my machine at home does...


chris