Re: kern.msgbuf_show_timestamp=1

Warner Losh <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.stable
Message-ID <CANCZdfrYbpVx5oqORkZDa6XSnaTayYPqivvKdK_F8gVpv7qF-w@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM void <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
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> In /etc/sysctl.conf I have
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> kern.msgbuf_show_timestamp=1
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> and so dmsg has things like
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> [1353919] swp_pager_getswapspace(32): failed
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> the [1353919] I guess being the timestamp.
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> But what is it?
>
> Seconds since boot?
>
> If it's that, then where can the true boot time be
> found?
>

Seconds since boot time.

% sysctl kern.boottime
kern.boottime: { sec = 1765407044, usec = 678571 } Wed Dec 10 15:50:44 2025

Warner



> If not, then what does the number signify?
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