Re: kern/46488: Feature suggestion for "dmesg" output

["Randolf Richardson" <randolf%inter-corporate.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/46488; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Randolf Richardson" <randolf%inter-corporate.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/46488: Feature suggestion for "dmesg" output
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 05:13:22 -0700

 > The following reply was made to PR kern/46488; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/46488: Feature suggestion for "dmesg" output
 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 19:29:46 +0200
 > 
 >  Aren't they logged (with timestamp) by syslogd in /var/log/messages (at
 >  least in the default configuration) as well?
 >  
 >  If log rotation gets in the way, you can configure it to a kernel only
 >  log and rotate that slower (or never).
 
        The problem with /var/log/messages is that a lot of things get 
 logged there and after months the old entries that are needed to 
 determine time/date of events are no longer available (due to the log 
 files being cycled out eventually) on high-volume systems.
 
        Setting up a kernel-only log seems like a great solution (although 
 timestamps in dmesg output for errors that occur after the boot 
 process is complete would still be nice).  Which "man" page should I 
 read to find out more about configuring this?
 
        Thanks.
 
 Randolf Richardson - randolf%inter-corporate.com@localhost
 Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
 http://www.inter-corporate.com/