From ed61acc2542ebb0d9b8f5600c38fbe0d77933345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:35:20 +0200 Subject: dmesg: add --syslog to force to old syslog(2) interface ... just for debugging or for people who somehow depends on syslog(2) behavior. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/dmesg.1 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'sys-utils/dmesg.1') diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 index 5bb0dd2dd..8e6088e49 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1 @@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ will print or clear the kernel ring buffer. .IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR" Print the raw message buffer, i.e., do not strip the log level prefixes. +.IP "\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-syslog\fR" +Force to use +.BR syslog(2) +kernel interface to read kernel messages. The default is to use /dev/kmsg rather +than +.BR syslog(2) +since kernel 3.5.0. .IP "\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-buffer-size \fIsize\fR Use a buffer of .I size -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522