On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:44:50AM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> 
> Some BIOS do not clear the memory, meaning the dmesg stays alive in
> memory, and can get slightly corrupted especially if it wraps.  As
> well, OpenBSD avoids clearing the dmesg buffer if it appears sound,
> because that allows debug information from a previous crash to remain.
> 
> So you likely have two boot logs there.

Indeed I have. Unexpected, but I can see its use. Thanks for clearing
that up.

Tor

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