* De: Frode Nordahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2002-10-12 ]
[ Subjecte: dmesg showing garbage ]
> Hello,
>
> The more strange thing is that it some times also contains console
> output from the previous shutdown sequence.
If you reboot and the memory is not cleared, the buffer (stored at a
fixed address) may still be intact, and the kernel buffering code will
be smart enough to span to the end of the buffer, and append (circularly)
there.
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