Re: UPDATE: FAQ-4.9 (dmesg)

J.C. Roberts [2007-02-21, 18:23:04]:
> Below is a diff to augment FAQ 4.9 in hopes of getting more dmesg's sent in and 
> making sure they are usable.
> 
> 
> --- faq/faq4.html.orig	Wed Feb 21 17:02:00 2007
> +++ faq/faq4.html	Wed Feb 21 18:14:44 2007
> @@ -2043,11 +2043,43 @@
>   [email protected]
>  </pre>
>  where <tt>[email protected]</tt> is your regular email account.
> -(or transfer the dmesg output using FTP/scp/floppydisk/carrier-pigeon/...)
>  
>  <p>
> +The methods above are much easier but if you chose not to configure mail on 
> +your OpenBSD system, you should still send your dmesg to the developers. Save 
> +your dmesg output to a text file.

How about just using /var/run/dmesg.boot ?

Maybe a short note about GENERIC.MP could be inserted into
etc/root/root.mail as well?

> +<pre>
> +$ dmesg > ~/dmesg.txt
> +</pre>
> +<p>
> +Then transfer the file (using FTP/scp/floppydisk/carrier-pigeon/...)  to the
> +system you normally use for email. 
> +
> +<p>
> +Since the dmesg output you send in is processed automatically, when using 
> +alternate email clients/systems to send in your dmesg be sure to remember the
> +following: 
> +<ul>
> +<li>Make sure your email client is configured to send messages as plain text
> +    (do not use HTML-formatted email) 
> +<li>Make sure to turn off any forced line break feature. Many email clients are 
> +    configured to insert line breaks at 72 characters/columns (the norm for
> +    mailing lists), so be sure to turn this feature off.
> +<li>Make sure your email client does not reformat messages into "text-flow" 
> +    nonsesne.
> +<li>Do not send the dmesg output as file attachement. You should
> +    cat/pipe/copy/paste the dmesg output into the body of the message.
> +</ul>
> +
> +<p>
>  <strong>NOTE</strong> - Please send only GENERIC kernel dmesgs. Custom
>  kernels that have device drivers removed are not helpful.
> +
> +<p>
> +<strong>NOTE</strong> - If you have a supported multiprocessor system and 
> +normally run the GENERIC.MP kernel, it is helpful to developers to see the dmesg
> +output of both the GENERIC kernel and the GENERIC.MP kernel, so please send both
> +of them in separate emails.
>  
>  <p>
>  Also note that the dmesgs are received on a computer using the 

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