参 数:
-c 显示信息后,清除ring buffer中的内容。
-s<缓冲区大小> 预设置为8196,刚好等于ring buffer的大小。
-n 设置记录信息的层级。
扩展阅读一:dmesg命令主要用途
主要应用:
dmesg用来显示内核环缓冲区(kernel-ring buffer)内容,内核将各种消息存放在这里。在系统引导时,内核将与硬件和模块初始化相关的信息填到这个缓冲区中。内核环缓冲区中的消息对于诊断系统问题 通常非常有用。在运行dmesg时,它显示大量信息。通常通过less或grep使用管道查看dmesg的输出,这样可以更容易找到待查信息。例如,如果发现硬盘性能低下,可以使用dmesg来检查它们是否运行在DMA模式:
$dmesg | grep DMA
...
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
...
上面几行可以说明每个IDE设备正在什么模式下运行。如果以太网连接出现问题,那么可以在dmesg日志中搜索eth:
$dmesg | grep eth
forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce
ethernet driver. Version 0.49.
eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 0147b:1c00
bound to 0000:00:04.0
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
如果一切正常,那么dmesg显示每个网卡的硬件配置信息。如果某项系统服务未能得到正确的配置,dmesgcpi
dmesg |egrep -i ''(apm|acpi)''
Kernel command line: vga=274 quiet console=ttyS3,9600acpi=no-idleoot=/dev/hda3
ACPI: Core Subsystem version [20010208]
ACPI: Subsystem enabled
ACPI: System firmware supports: C2
ACPI: plvl2lat=99 plvl3lat=1001
ACPI: C2 enter=1417 C2 exit=354
ACPI: C3 enter=-1 C3 exit=-1
ACPI: Not using ACPI idle
ACPI: System firmware supports: S0 S1 S4 S5
扩展阅读二:dmesg命令使用示例
使用示例
示例一 将开机信息发邮件
dmesg > boot.messages
and mail the boot.messages file to whoever can debug their problem.
[root@new55 ~]# ls -l boot.messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15838 12-09 12:55 boot.messages
[root@new55 ~]#
[root@new55 ~]#
示例二 浏览dmesg输出的信息
[root@new55 ~]# uname -a
Linux new55 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 16 21:52:43 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@new55 ~]# dump
Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection
On node 0 totalpages: 128976
DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 124880 pages, LIFO batch:31
DMI 2.3 present.
Using APIC driver default
ACPI: RSDP (v000 HP ) @ 0x000fe270
ACPI: RSDT (v001 HP 30C4 0x31100620 HP 0x00000001) @ 0x1f7efc84
ACPI: FADT (v002 HP 30C4 0x00000002 HP 0x00000001) @ 0x1f7efc00
ACPI: MADT (v001 HP 30C4 0x00000001 HP 0x00000001) @ 0x1f7efcb8
ACPI: MCFG (v001 HP 30C4 0x00000001 HP 0x00000001) @ 0x1f7efd14
ACPI: SSDT (v001 HP HPQPpc 0x00001001 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x1f7f6698
ACPI: DSDT (v001 HP DAU00 0x00010000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfec01000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 6:13 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
:
示例三 查看dmesg尾部的信息
[root@new55 ~]# state recovery directory
NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
[root@new55 ~]#
示例四 安装SS7卡驱动时的内核日志
[root@localhost ss7dpklnx]# cd SS7HD_DRIVER/
[root@localhost SS7HD_DRIVER]# setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/bbd_hs.o
CC [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/bbd_ioc.o
CC [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/bbd_isr.o
CC [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/bbd_pci.o
CC [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/bbd_lnx.o
LD [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/ss7hddvr26.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/ss7hddvr26.mod.o
LD [M] /root/setup/ss7dpklnx/SS7HD_DRIVER/ss7hddvr26.ko