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diff --git a/release/picobsd/tinyware/dm/README b/release/picobsd/tinyware/dm/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a38101bde5fc --- /dev/null +++ b/release/picobsd/tinyware/dm/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +1998.09.14, Warsaw + +This program replaces 'dmesg' utility, aand allows you to retrieve the +system's message buffer without resorting to such dirty tricks as normal +'dmesg' uses (using libkvm and /dev/kmem to directly read kernel +memory.. *shudder*). + +This utility uses sysctl(3) interface. The mib variable it uses was +recently added to the kernel sources, so if you don't mind patching your +kernel tree, contact me directly - the patches are very small and simple. + +Andrzej Bialecki +<abial@nask.pl> + +$Id$ |