From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754967Ab1IAGiw (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:38:52 -0400 Received: from oproxy8-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.22.20]:36342 "HELO oproxy8-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754464Ab1IAGis (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:38:48 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:38:45 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Nick Bowler Cc: Karel Zak , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.20 Message-Id: <20110831233845.d9435e52.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20110901051558.GA14777@elliptictech.com> References: <20110829122344.GI1855@nb.net.home> <20110901051558.GA14777@elliptictech.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {1807:box742.bluehost.com:xenotime:xenotime.net} {sentby:smtp auth 50.53.38.135 authed with rdunlap@xenotime.net} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 01:15:58 -0400 Nick Bowler wrote: > Hi Karel, > > On 2011-08-29 14:23 +0200, Karel Zak wrote: > > The stable util-linux 2.20 release is available at > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.20/ > > > > Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed. > > Just upgraded on one of my machines today, and I was surprised to > discover that only a small portion of my kernel log was printed by > dmesg. "busybox dmesg" and "dmesg -r" both print the full log (~2000 > lines), but plain "dmesg" prints only the first ~150 lines or so. 2.19 > dmesg worked fine. > > The last few lines printed by plain "dmesg" are: > > [...] > ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device) > ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) > ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) > ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) > ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT > ACPI: Executed 1 blocks of module-level executable AML code > ACPI: Actual Package length (234) is larger than NumElements field (3), truncated > > Adding the -r option gives much more: > > [...] > <6>ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device) > <6>ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) > <6>ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) > <6>ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) > <7>ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT > <4>ACPI: Executed 1 blocks of module-level executable AML code > <4>ACPI: Actual Package length (234) is larger than NumElements field (3), truncated > <4> > <6>ACPI: Interpreter enabled > <6>ACPI: (supports S0 S5) > <6>ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing > <6>ACPI: Power Resource [ISAV] (on) > <6>ACPI: No dock devices found. > [...] > > So it looks like it's tripping over the blank line in the log? Karel sent a message earlier (Wed. AUG 31) to util-linux@vger.kernel.org, Subject: dmesg(1) bug that explains that and includes a patch. See http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=131478775113617&w=2 --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***